Hindi only for administrative communication: AIIMS Bhubaneswar

A day after the ruling BJD

and opposition Congress accused AIIMS, Bhubaneswar of imposing Hindi on the people of Odisha, the institute on Saturday clarified that its directive on the use of the language in official work was purely for administrative communication and not for the patients or the public.

The clarification was issued by All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar director B Gitanjali after a delegation of BJD MPs and MLAs met her to protest a recent circular where officials were asked to undertake work in Hindi as per the provisions of the Official Language Act, 1963.

"Let me make it clear that the directive is solely meant for administrative work in the institute. It is for the staff who have studied in Hindi medium and not for the patients or the public," Gitanjali told reporters after meeting a BJP delegation led by its Parliamentary Party leader Pinaki Mishra.

The AIIMS director clarified that patients' forms and signages in the ...