The Madhya Pradesh government was in the process of starting MBBS course in Hindi. The Shivraj government claimed that it would be the first state to offer MBBS course in Hindi medium. The government had issued instructions to start MBBS course in Hindi from the next session at Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal. A 14-member committee was also constituted to prepare an action plan for MBBS Hindi course. But the NMC (National Medical Commission) scuttled his plan by saying that he would not accept medical courses in any language other than English. He rejects the proposal of Shivraj Sarkar.
But now again this debate started when Uttarakhand Education Minister Dhan Singh Rawat said that his government is soon going to launch MBBS courses in Hindi. They claim that this will help the students who come from Hindi background. They will find it very easy to study. Although doctors consider it unnecessary. He says that changing the language of medical courses will not be the right step.
Delhi Medical Council President Dr Arun Gupta says that the vocabulary of MBBS is completely dependent on English. Ayurveda is consistent with Indian terminology. Dr. Gupta, a pediatrician by profession, says that almost all the books of Modern Medical Education are written in English. The medium of study can be changed. But changing academic vocabulary is impossible. Apart from this, all the research papers and journals that have been written are in English.
AIIMS Rishikesh Prof. Dr. Amit Gupta also believes that lecturers will also have trouble getting medical education in Hindi. When he was a student, he studied in English only. There is no such college in the whole country which is offering MBBS, BDS, MD studies in Hindi or any other language. The question is that even if the courses are translated into Hindi, how will the teachers be re-trained for this.
Dr. Alok Mukherjee, Senior Consultant, Apollo Hospitals says that students studying in Hindi will face a lot of problems after the course. Hindi can be included as a second language but doing the entire course in Hindi would be an unwise step. Dr. Mohit Singh, Junior Resident of Rajshree Hospital, Bareilly, says that at present, this step cannot be called right. Parijat Mishra says that if two doctors who come after doing courses in Telugu and Tamil. His staff includes people from the North East and the patient is from Karnataka, so how will they talk to each other?