New Delhi: At a cramped chemist shop in Hauz Rani, 20-year-old Vivek listens as a woman points to her stomach and describes her symptoms while clutching a prescription slip. Most people around them can’t understand a word of what the woman is saying but Vivek effortlessly breaks into Uzbek, studies her prescription, explains the instructions and hands over the medicines, reports Devanshi Mehta.Till a couple of years ago, Vivek could barely speak English, let alone Uzbek. Today, he can hold basic conversation in multiple languages, thanks to interactions with foreigners and translation app prompts. He is one of many in the lanes of Hauz Rani who have picked up basic Russian, Arabic, Bangla or Uzbek as thousands of foreign medical tourists helped transform this south Delhi village into an international healthcare hub.
