“Image of a dead mother being carried by her son and husband on a bike due to unavailability of an ambulance amid India’s COVID-19 related Oxygen crisis”
Social media posts
Claim dated 25 Apr 2021.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The photo in the post was taken in June 2017 when a dead Mother was being carried by her Son and Husband due to denial of a Mortuary Van in Purnia Sadar Hospital, Bihar. The photo is not related to the present COVID-19 pandemic and the oxygen shortage crisis in India due to rising COVID-19 cases
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 April 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 27 April 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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