“A fake hospital ward was created at Leh for PM Modi’s staged photo-op of meeting injured jawans”
What FACTLY found
No, the hospital ward in the photo was not created for PM Modi’s visit. The same ward can be seen in the pictures taken when Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane met injured soldiers at Leh Military Hospital on 23 June 2020. In a press release, the Indian Army clarified that ‘the hall which otherwise was normally used as a Training Audio Video Hall was converted into a hospital ward ever since the hospital was also designated as COVID treatment hospital’. Also, the posted picture of MS Dhoni...
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 July 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 5 July 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=277806916788084&set=a.104173714151406&type=3&thea…
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