The picture of an old person lying on a bed of straw is being shared with a claim that it is from India.
“5 #ट्रिलियन अर्थव्यवस्था वाले विश्वगुरु #देश की स्मार्टसिटी के #एम्स #हॉस्पिटल में #तथाकथित 56 इंची प्रधानमंत्री के #शासन में मरीजों को VIP #ट्रीटमेंट। #अगर #अब भी थोड़ी सी #शर्म बची है तो चुल्लू #भर पानी में #डूब मरो अंधभक्तों,” a Facebook caption read.
(A Rough translation: VIP treatment being given to patients under the governance of the so-called 56 inches Prime Minister at AIIMS Hospital of Smart City of the country having 5 trillion economy. If there is still a little bit of shame left, then blind devotees (of the Prime Minister) should drown in water and die.)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHCEK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found it to false and misleading.
We ran the image through Google reverse image search and found it on a website named Rajdhani Daily which is a Nepali news portal.
The headline read, “परालमा सुताएर स्लाइन दिइएको ७७ वर्षिय राईको अवस्था यस्तो छ”
A rough translation of the above headline from Nepali to English: This is the condition of 77-year-old Rai, who was given a line lying on a straw.
According to the report, the picture is of 77-year-old Ram Bahadur Rai, a resident of Chichila, Khartamchha, Shadananda Municipality-3, Bhojpur, was given tap water on a straw bed.”
We found the same image on a website named Manaslu Post which is another Nepali news portal.
Similar news reports containing the picture were found on Nepal Post and Buddha Bhumi Nepal websites.
Moreover, a Canada based charity named Innovativecommunities.org Foundation (ICO) also shared this image on their Facebook page while mentioning that it is from Nepal.
Hence, based on the above information, it is clear that the image is from Nepal and is being shared with a false and misleading claim that it is from India.
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