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India Today was one of the first media outlets to carry Patanjali MD Balkrishna’s stunning claims in an interview without any verification.
Report by @Basantrajsonu before TV news lapped up the 100 per cent cure claim lock, stock and barrel. https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/06/24/meerut-doctors-baba-ramdevs-patanjali-claims-to-have-cured-of-coronavirus-they-never-tested-positive
Report by @Basantrajsonu before TV news lapped up the 100 per cent cure claim lock, stock and barrel. https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/06/24/meerut-doctors-baba-ramdevs-patanjali-claims-to-have-cured-of-coronavirus-they-never-tested-positive
Claim 1: "doctors/medical staff of two hospitals were institutionally quarantined after coming in contact with a corona patient. We gave our Ayurvedic medicines to 70 of them. We are delighted to inform you that after 5-6 days of treatment, all of them were found to be negative."
The medical professionals in Meerut that Patanjali’s managing director claimed to have cured were never found infected with the coronavirus. How can someone be cured of a disease they were never diagnosed with?
Referring to one of the private hospitals in Meerut mentioned by Ramdev at the Coronil launch, India Today report claims that “45 personnel of Anand Hospital were suspected of having Covid-19, and were quarantined. After 14 days of Ayurvedic treatment, they tested negative.”
Turns out these medical professionals were only quarantined as a precaution. So, basically, Patanjali was going around curing "suspected" patients?
The other Meerut hospital Ramdev mentioned is Yug Hospital. Its owner, Dr Alok Aggarwal, told Newslaundry that Patanjali’s representatives have been in contact with several hospitals in the city and elsewhere.
Dr Alok Aggarwal: "We had 12 people who had come in contact with a Covid-19 patient. We tested them and six were found positive but asymptomatic. They were treated at the Mulayam Singh Yadav Medical College. We informed Patanjali about the six people, and they sent medicines.”
Were the 6 medical staff cured by Patanjali’s drugs? Dr Aggarwal: “All I know is that six of my people recovered, although they were asymptomatic. I’m fine with Patanjali taking credit for their recovery, but it cannot be claimed that their medicine was the sole reason for it"
