Claims of LRH Doctor Who Has Leukemia Requiring Blood Donors Are Misleading

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Humans usually like to help each other, especially when someone becomes sick; others around him try to cure him in various ways, from blood donations to money donations. With the development of technology, social media is being used to gather people who like to help patients in various ways. However, some social media posts seeking patient help sometimes mislead the public. This is our investigation about such.

Social Media Posts

Social media posts state that a doctor attached to Lady Ridgeway Children's Hospital is receiving treatments at Nawaloka Hospital for a rare type of leukemia. The posts claim that the doctor needs six blood donors daily, specifically individuals with blood type B-, which is considered rare. And also, it says the doctor's family is inconvenient as it's not easy to find six blood donors daily, and they are requesting the public to come and help them by donating B- type blood to the doctor.

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The post was also circulated in the Sinhala language in January 2022.

We decided to do a fact-check on this.

Fact Check

These are the key findings of us.

Social Media Posts: Various social media posts are circulating, urging people to find blood donors for a doctor undergoing leukemia treatment at Nawaloka Hospital. These posts mention the doctor's need for six blood donors with blood type B- daily and that the family struggles to find donors.

Conflicting Information: Our investigation has found several other social media posts claiming that the same doctor passed away in 2019 due to leukemia. These posts suggest that the doctor has already succumbed to the disease and are contradictory to the claims of the doctor currently receiving treatment.

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Confirmation by Hospital Management: The management of Lady Ridgeway Children's Hospital has officially confirmed that the doctor in question did pass away due to leukemia in 2019. This statement contradicts the current claims of seeking blood donors for the same doctor.

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Conclusion:

Based on our fact-checking investigation, we can conclude that the social media posts seeking blood donors for the doctor receiving treatment at Nawaloka Hospital are misleading and inaccurate. Unfortunately, the doctor, previously associated with Lady Ridgeway Children's Hospital, passed away in 2019 due to leukemia.

Social media users must exercise caution and verify information from reliable sources before sharing or acting upon such appeals for assistance. Misleading claims can create unnecessary confusion and emotional distress for the public and the family of the deceased doctor.