Old images of Morbi hospital renovation work shared as Cuttack hospital ahead of Modi’s visit.
Claim
On an account of PM’s Arrival, renovation process in going on in a full swing at #Cuttack government hospital. Fate of the Nation #OdishaTrainAccident
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Explanation
PM Narendra Modi visited the victims of the Odisha triple train accident on June 3, a day after the tragedy that killed around 300 people and left thousands injured. Meanwhile, photos of renovation work being done are shared by DMK members to claim that the renovation process at Cuttack government hospital in Odisha is going on in full swing on account of the PM’s arrival. Some of the posts with such a claim can be seen here and here.
On an account of PM’s Arrival, renovation process in going on in a full swing at #Cuttack government hospital.
Fate of the Nation 🙃#OdishaTrainAccident #OdishaTrainAccident pic.twitter.com/GIu9NXRTuD
— durgaiyan (@durgaiyandurga) June 3, 2023
What is the truth?
When reverse-searching the viral images we found that the images are old and unrelated to the Odisha train accident.
India Today article dated 1, November 2022 is found carrying the viral images mentioning that the entire civil hospital in Morbi was filled with cleaning staff and renovation work was done ahead of PM’s visit to the hospital to see the victims of the suspension bridge collapse in Morbi that killed more than 130 people and left many injured.
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Multiple news media carrying the viral images are found mentioning that the images are related to Morbi civil hospital renovation work before Modi’s visit. The hospitals, roads, and other infrastructure were renovated hours before Modi’s visit. In fact, new water coolers and hospital beds were also installed in the Morbi civil hospital ahead of Modi’s visit.
Multiple old and unrelated visuals are being claimed as the Odisha train tragedy by social media users, some of which are fact-checked by Youturn.
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Conclusion
It is found that the images claimed as renovation work of Odisha’s Cuttack hospital ahead of Modi’s visit after the Odisha train tragedy, by DMK supporters is false.
It is to be noted that the images are old and are related to Morbi civil hospital renovation works ahead of Modi’s visit after the Morbi suspension bridge collapse in 2022.
