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Malacañang condemned the circulation of the medical report falsely attributed to the President, whereas St. Luke’s Medical Heart launched an announcement calling the alleged doc ‘pretend and falsified’
Declare: A photograph circulating on-line reveals the medical check outcomes of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Ranking: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The picture of the alleged medical doc incorporates the letterhead of St. Luke’s Medical Heart together with Marcos’ biographical data. It claims to point out the President’s check outcomes and a prognosis of “extreme sigmoid diverticulitis.”
The picture will be discovered circulating in a number of social media posts on January 28 and is falsely considered real, as will be seen within the following posts:
- A put up within the Fb account of person Annaliza Villarin Gregorio Segura, with round 2,600 reactions, 2,900 feedback, and 463 shares as of writing;
- A put up within the Fb group “PROTECT VICE PRESIDENT SARA DUTERTE,” with 172 reactions, 141 feedback, and 97 shares as of writing;
- A put up within the Fb web page “Taga Ormoc Day by day,” with 57 reactions, 19 feedback, and 5 shares as of writing;
- A put up within the X account named “Dalagang Pilipina” with deal with @fierceLady08, with round 304,100 views, 111 replies, 109 reposts, 1,000 likes, and 280 bookmarks as of writing.
Moreover, a Google Photographs seek for the picture yields a number of different social media posts, a lot of which at the moment are inaccessible as of writing. One such put up was from the Fb account of former broadcaster Jay Sonza.
The information: St. Luke’s Medical Heart launched an announcement on January 28 calling the picture containing Marcos’ alleged check outcomes “pretend and fabricated.”
The Presidential Communications Workplace (PCO) additionally mentioned on January 28 that the circulating check outcomes are “pretend, shouldn’t be the results of any legit medical examination, and doesn’t mirror the President’s well being.”
The PCO put up included screenshots of the inaccessible Fb posts containing the pretend doc, together with posts by Sonza and one other Fb person named Maricar Serrano (whose put up was shared by columnist Bobi Tiglao).
A number of information shops have reported on the St. Luke’s public advisory, equivalent to Rappler, Inquirer.web, Philstar.com, Manila Bulletin, GMA Community, and ABS-CBN Information.
Marcos’ medical situation: The pretend doc circulated after PCO undersecretary Claire Castro mentioned that Marcos spent an evening at St. Luke’s on January 21 for “medical commentary as a precautionary measure” after experiencing discomfort.
Marcos later mentioned that he has diverticulitis, which is the irritation of pouches known as “diverticula” within the massive gut’s lining.
Malacañang, nevertheless, has confused that the President is “okay and again at work within the Palace” and is totally able to discharging his official duties.
In accordance with an Inquirer report, the Philippine Nationwide Police Anti-Cybercrime Group is trying into the individuals chargeable for circulating the falsified doc.
Earlier associated fact-checks: Rappler has fact-checked quite a few health-related claims, together with claims on alleged well being merchandise and scams that use synthetic intelligence instruments to falsely painting some personalities as endorsing explicit well being merchandise. – Percival Bueser/Rappler.com
Percival Bueser is a graduate of Rappler’s fact-checking mentorship program. This reality examine was reviewed by a member of Rappler’s analysis workforce and a senior editor. Study extra about Rappler’s fact-checking mentorship program right here.
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