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TN hospitals halt medicine covers after Hindi printing sparks language row
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News18•07-10-2026, 11:15
TN hospitals halt medicine covers after Hindi printing sparks language row
- •Government hospitals in Coimbatore and Karur stopped distributing trilingual medicine covers after a political controversy.
- •The issue arose when packaging with dosage instructions in Tamil, English, and Hindi reached patients at state-run facilities.
- •DMK leader T R B Rajaa shared photos online, accusing authorities of covertly enforcing a three-language policy.
- •Hospital authorities clarified that the pouches were not newly procured and had been in use for over 18 months.
- •Tamil Nadu strictly adheres to a two-language policy using only Tamil and English, rejecting the Centre's three-language formula.
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Hospital officials halted the distribution of trilingual medicine covers after they sparked a political controversy and accusations of covertly enforcing a three-language policy.
The packaging featured dosage instructions printed in Tamil, English, and Hindi.
Tamil Nadu strictly adheres to a two-language policy using solely Tamil and English in public administration and state education, firmly rejecting the Centre's three-language formula.
