Fact Check: Netizens falsely claim renovated hospital in Kolkata will treat only Muslims

Several Facebook users have posted two pictures of Trinamool Congress leader and Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim inaugurating a renovated Islamia Hospital. They claimed that the “new” hospital inaugurated by Hakim will only cater to Muslims. India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found the claim to be false.

At a time when medical facilities are the need of the hour to battle the raging pandemic, a hospital in Kolkata has become a centre of controversy on social media. Today we inaugurated the revamped Islamia Hospital on CR AvenueWith an ICU facility & Covid Beds, this facility will aid in the battle against #Covid19 for Kolkata#BengalFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/hSXL9Nv1Iw Several Facebook users have posted two pictures of Trinamool Congress leader and Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim inaugurating a renovated Islamia Hospital. However, accusing the Mamata Banerjee government of minority appeasement, they claim that the “new” hospital inaugurated by Hakim will only cater to Muslims. India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the Islamia Hospital was set up in 1926, but was shut for the last five years as the building was in shambles. It was recently renovated for Covid patients, and anyone irrespective of caste or religion can seek treatment here.