UP dy CM urges docs to write names of meds, tests in Hindi
India, Sept. 26 -- Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister and health minister Brajesh Pathak has urged doctors in the state to write prescriptions in Hindi, saying this could make health care information easier for patients to understand. The doctors have welcomed the suggestion but pointed out several practical issues in implementing it. In an open letter to the doctors on Friday, Pathak said he was making the request not only as the deputy CM and health minister but also as a "nationalist Indian". "As the state's medical...minister, I would also appeal, as a nationalist Indian, to doctors to write the names of medicines and tests in Hindi for ease of patients," he said. Doctors, however, said this may pose practical difficulties. "Just a few...
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