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Radio France Internationale
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Pratap Chakravarty

Indian state becomes first to offer medical schooling in Hindi

Doctors in India get their training in English, but the state of Madhyah Pradesh plans to offer medical classes in Hindi. © AFP - MANJUNATH KIRAN

India's second-largest state, Madhya Pradesh, has launched the country's first medical textbooks in Hindi in a bid to make higher education more accessible to non-English speakers, but critics have warned that the move could distance Indian doctors from the global medical community.

Madhya Pradesh has ordered its top medical schools to teach the basics in the Hindi language rather than English, but experts are divided over the unprecedented project.

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