New Delhi: A video of a massive crowd of patients struggling to get inside an out patient department (OPD) has been doing the rounds on Twitter and WhatsApp. Some of those circulating it claim it is a visual from Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, while others say it is from AIIMS Patna and still more attribute it to Bengaluru’s Victoria Hospital.
In the video, one Dr Rana can be heard requesting his superiors to send help since the crowd outside OPD No. 5 had become too big for the staff to handle. People, some without masks, can be seen pushing each other to stand inside the compound.
The video has been tweeted several times with different claims.
While @ArvindKejriwal is busy with full page advertisements this is true pic of Delhi @AmitShah pic.twitter.com/fbSykC1tap
— #RenukaJain (@RenukaJain6) July 18, 2020
Condition of AIIMS ,Patna pic.twitter.com/TSAEmpHtlg
— Dr. Sandhya Ahuja (@sandhya_ahuja) July 17, 2020
A video doing the rounds on social media platforms attributes the location of the below visuals to Victoria Hospital #Covid19Karnataka #covidindia
Dr CR Jayanthi has stepped forward to clear the misconception stating that the video is from AIIMS Patna.
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Fact Check
When ThePrint reached out to resident doctors at RML they stated that they had received multiple queries asking the same but the video was not from their hospital. The video, which was widely circulated in Bengaluru, elicited a quick reaction from the city’s authorities. According to a report by Bangalore Mirror, Dr CR Jayanthi, the director of Victoria Hospital, in a statement said that the visuals were not from his hospital but from AIIMS Patna iself.
A video doing the rounds on social media platforms attributes the location of the below visuals to Victoria Hospital.
Dr CR Jayanthi, director-cum-dean of the medical institution has stepped forward to clear the misconception stating that the video is from AIIMS Patna. pic.twitter.com/zLkq9VSP71
— Bangalore Mirror (@BangaloreMirror) July 18, 2020
Bhaskara Rao, an IPS officer from the city also mentioned in his tweet that the person circulating the video had been arrested for spreading fake news.
City Crime Branch swiftly identified and arrested this person who has been circulating false videos of panic in Victoria Hospital, Bangalore. Kudos to all doctors and medical professionals who are doing their best.FALSE NEWS BUSTED pic.twitter.com/2o9ZTFns4z
— Bhaskar Rao IPS (@deepolice12) July 19, 2020
According to a fact check, the video is actually from the Mahavir Cancer Sanstha, Patna. In a comment on the video posted on the Facebook page of a group by the name of Bihar, a Dr Rana Singh has claimed responsibility for shooting the video and circulating it. He claims to be the medical officer in the oncology department of the hospital.
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