FALSE: PRESCRIPTION FROM SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL LISTING DRUGS FOR COVID-19 TREATMENT IS FAKE
Rodgers Odhiambo and Celine Abuga
29/08/2020
FALSE: PRESCRIPTION FROM SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL LISTING DRUGS FOR COVID-19 TREATMENT IS FAKE
A prescription with the letterhead of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital’s Senior Consultant claiming that the doctor recommends hydroxychloroquine, crocin and cetrizine, among other drugs, for treatment of COVID-19 patients is FALSE.
The prescription, stamped with the name of Dr Raj Kamal Agarwal, advises isolation at home for contacts of COVID positive cases even if they have mild symptoms. It also recommends the familiar practice of social distancing and hygiene habits, and “preventive medication”.
Dr Raj Kamal Agarwal confirmed that he did not write the prescription, adding that someone forged his signature to spread rumor and defamed him. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital refuted the claims made on the prescription through its official Twitter and Facebook accounts, and clarified that the letter was fake.
On July 4, the World Health Organization (WHO), stopped trials of hydroxychloroquine as treatment for COVID-19 following recommendations made by the steering committee of Solidarity Trials International.
Additionally, PesaCheck has previously debunked claims on hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19.
PesaCheck has looked into a prescription on the letterhead of Sri Ganga Ram Hospital’s Senior Consultant, Dr Raj Kamal Agarwal that claims the doctor recommends ‘home isolation’ for COVID-19 patients along with medicines like hydroxychloroquine, crocin and cetrizine, and finds it to be FALSE.
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