“To get blood during emergency, send an SMS to 9600097000”
Social media posts
Claim dated 29 Jun 2016.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The SMS service of 9600097000 in relation to blood donation is no longer active. SMS to 9600097000 was a service started by Airtel and Jeevan Blood Bank in Chennai in 2008 to provide instant information about availability of blood
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 June 2016. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 24 September 2021, 1913 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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