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Fact Check: Video of mock drill in Dhanbad shared as the video of first Corona patient

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A video is being shared on social media with a claim that the video is of the first Corona patient being taken to the Central Hospital in Dhanbad, Jharkhand.

” Dhanbad ka pahla Corona patient ko Central Hospital le jate Medical Staff..” the caption read.

Here’s the link to another post.

FACT CHECK 

NewsMobile fact-checked the above video and found that the video is of a mock drill.

We ran a search using relevant keywords and found a report by Dainik Jagran on the same.

According to the report published on April 13, “On Sunday (April 12), the doctors at PMCH and Central Hospital performed a mock drill. The patient was taken from PMCH to Central Hospital under just 15 minutes and treatment was started”. 

On further investigation, we found several news reports dated April 17 about the first corona patient in Dhanbad. According to a report, the first positive case from Dhanbad was reported on April 16.

The above information proves that the video is of a mock drill and hence, the claim is false.

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