A picture is being shared on social media where a woman can be seen tending to a man from a Muslim community.
Claims are being made that the picture was taken in a quarantine center in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The post also claims that Hafeez Khan, MLA of Kurnool, made a nurse touch the feet and apologise to Tablighi Jamaat’s member.
“यह आंध्र प्रदेश में कर्नूल जिले के विश्वभारती मेडिकल कॉलेज क्वारंटायन सेंटर है | MLA हफीज खान सेंटर की नर्स से एक तब्लीगी की पाँव पकड़वा के माफी मांगवा रहा है😢😢 वो भी इस बात के लिए कि नर्स ने बोला
ये तबलिगी स्वयं का समय पर चेकअप करवा लिए होते तो इतनी समस्या ना होती ।
MLA और बुल्ला दोनों पर सख्त कार्यवाही होनी चाहिये” the caption read.
(Translation: This picture is from Vishwa Bharati Medical College quarantine center in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. MLA Hafeez Khan ordered a nurse of the center to touch the feet and apologise to Tablighi Jamaat’s member because the nurse told Tablighi member that such a problem wouldn’t have arisen had he get himself checked-up on time.)
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post and found that the claim is false.
On putting the picture through Reverse Image Search along with several keywords like ‘Hafeez Khan’, ‘ Kurnool police’ ‘nurse’, we came across a Facebook post by MLA Hafeez Khan dismissing the above claims.
“A senior citizen was injured during Quarantine and it was [the] Nurse who is doing first aid to him. Now People [are] Spreading Fake News on this Incident, Dear people kindly ignore this kind of Fake news, ” his post read.
He also posted a video of the incident.
On further investigation, we found a post by Kurnool Police, dated April 23, stating that the post is false.
“The person is a highly diabetic patient and his eyes are also not good because of diabetes. He accidentally put his leg on a fate that was there in that building and lot of BLOOD started coming out and as he is diabetic the nurse started to put cotton and a bandage. Later as the blood was not stopping as he was injured badly they shifted hin to GGH KNL in Ambulance. As the wound was severe and for diabetic patients, without care, it might create a big problem to him. The nurse was doing her job and treating the patient to stop the blood,” the post read (translation by Google).
The above information proves that the narrative being shared with the picture is false.
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