{
  "id": 4991227,
  "title": "Use of Indian languages key in improving reach of healthcare services: Nadda",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/use-of-indian-languages-key-in-improving-reach-of-healthcare-services",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-02T01:51:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ETHealthworld",
    "slug": "ethealthworld",
    "url": "https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/policy/use-of-indian-languages-key-in-improving-reach-of-healthcare-services-nadda/133695081"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Union Health Minister J P Nadda emphasized the importance of using Hindi and other Indian languages in the healthcare sector to improve outreach and service delivery. At the second meeting of the Hindi Advisory Committee, Nadda highlighted that the country is moving towards embracing Indian languages, strengthening Indianness, and rejecting Western influence. He directed a review of official-language posts under the ministry and urged officials to submit a list of vacant positions to the Finance Ministry for action.\n\nNadda suggested organizing a short one-week training course for officials and employees to work in Hindi, with a clear schedule of activities. At least half of the articles published in ministry journals should be in Hindi, and the use of Hindi in bulletins should be increased. He referred to the medical education experiment in Hindi at Bhopal Medical College and suggested members of the committee study the initiative to replicate it in other institutions.\n\nNadda proposed a coordinated daily program for Hindi Fortnight to effectively promote the language without disrupting regular work. He suggested expanding the Hindi vocabulary to make it practical, understandable, and easily assimilated into daily use. During the meeting, appreciation certificates were given to personnel who worked extensively in Hindi, and the book \"Aish Shabd Sanket\" was released. The committee, headed by the Union Health Minister, aims to promote Hindi as the official language, making health facilities and information accessible to people in their native language.",
  "summary": "Chairing the second meeting of the health ministry's Hindi Advisory Committee in Delhi, Nadda said the country was moving beyond the colonial influence of the Western world towards greater use of Indian languages, and language was an important means of strengthening \"Indianness\".",
  "key_points": [
    "Union Health Minister J P Nadda stresses importance of Indian languages in healthcare.",
    "Hindi Advisory Committee meeting directed review of official-language posts.",
    "One-week Hindi training course proposed for officials and employees."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Emphasizing Indian languages in healthcare will help expand outreach and service delivery, making health facilities and information more accessible to people in their native language.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}