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Health Minister Halts Hindi Medicine Covers in Two Hospitals

By Drooid · Oct 8, 2026, 6:55 PM UTC · How we work

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Health Minister K.G. Arunraj halted Hindi-language medicine covers in two state hospitals.
He said the Hindi covers were printed under an emergency order on Dec 31 2025 during DMK rule.
The government reinstated Tamil-only covers from the Central Prison in Karur.
In Coimbatore, officials began printing new covers with Tamil and English only.
DMK leader T.R.B. Rajaa accused the TVK government of breaching Tamil Nadu’s language policy.

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Health Minister K.G. Arunraj halted Hindi-language medicine covers in two state hospitals.
He said the Hindi covers were printed under an emergency order on Dec 31 2025 during DMK rule.
The government reinstated Tamil-only covers from the Central Prison in Karur.
In Coimbatore, officials began printing new covers with Tamil and English only.
DMK leader T.R.B. Rajaa accused the TVK government of breaching Tamil Nadu’s language policy.