{"id":290657,"date":"2024-09-19T13:18:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T07:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=290657"},"modified":"2024-09-19T16:19:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T10:49:19","slug":"2016-photo-from-china-falsely-viral-as-aiims-doctor-paying-last-respects-to-sitaram-yechury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2016-photo-from-china-falsely-viral-as-aiims-doctor-paying-last-respects-to-sitaram-yechury\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 photo from China falsely viral as AIIMS doctors paying last respects to Sitaram Yechury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bengali daily and CPI(M) mouthpiece Ganashakti published a photograph in its September 17 edition which shows doctors bowing their heads in front of what appears to be a dead body covered in a green shroud. The photo is captioned, &#8220;Doctors and health workers of AIIMS Delhi paying their last respects around the body of Comrade Sitaram Yechury.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-290661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-18-at-1.43.39-PM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1144\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-18-at-1.43.39-PM-1.jpeg 1144w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-18-at-1.43.39-PM-1-300x148.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-18-at-1.43.39-PM-1-1024x507.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-18-at-1.43.39-PM-1-768x380.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1144px) 100vw, 1144px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The photo is also viral on social media with the same claim &#8212; that doctors are paying their respect to the late CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/national\/general-news\/very-noble-aiims-delhi-hails-sitaram-yechurys-family-for-donating-his-entire-body-for-medical-research20240914224124\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">body was donated<\/a> at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, for medical education. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X-verified user Pradeep Rai (<\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">@pradeepraiindia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) shared the picture and wrote in his tweet, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat a remarkable gesture by doctors of #AIIMS #Delhi . Honoring organ donor #SitaramYechury with a last salute acknowledges the immense contribution by giving others a second chance at life&#8230;. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/8CaYx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He later deleted the tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-290704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-19-124706.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"879\" height=\"1193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-19-124706.jpg 879w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-19-124706-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-19-124706-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-19-124706-768x1042.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>NDTV reporter and anchor Gargi Rawat (<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">@GargiRawat) <\/span>retweeted Rai and wrote, \u201cHow amazing to see.. not only has #SitaramYechury helped countless others in this last gesture, but hopefully it will create awareness about the need for organ donation. India has one of the poorest records.\u201c (<a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/Vg6zy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-290705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-19-124909.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"886\" height=\"1232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-19-124909.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-19-124909-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-19-124909-736x1024.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-19-124909-768x1068.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The picture is widely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100073392350384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viral<\/a> on Facebook with similar claims. Alt News found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=AIIMS%20Yechury%20organ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hundreds of users<\/a> had shared the photo. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-290657 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2016-photo-from-china-falsely-viral-as-aiims-doctor-paying-last-respects-to-sitaram-yechury\/2024-09-18-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-1.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-1-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2016-photo-from-china-falsely-viral-as-aiims-doctor-paying-last-respects-to-sitaram-yechury\/2024-09-18\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2016-photo-from-china-falsely-viral-as-aiims-doctor-paying-last-respects-to-sitaram-yechury\/2024-09-18-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-4.png 508w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-4-267x300.png 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2016-photo-from-china-falsely-viral-as-aiims-doctor-paying-last-respects-to-sitaram-yechury\/2024-09-18-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-3.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-3-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2016-photo-from-china-falsely-viral-as-aiims-doctor-paying-last-respects-to-sitaram-yechury\/2024-09-18-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-2.jpg 507w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-2-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>A reverse image search of the picture led us to a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.cgtn.com\/news\/3d3d514d7a4d444e\/share_p.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news report<\/a> from September 30, 2016 on CGTN.com, the web portal of the Chinese state-run English-language media outlet China Global Television Network. The headline of the report reads <strong>&#8216;Chinese doctor dies while volunteering in Tibet, donates his organs&#8217;<\/strong>. The news article contains the photograph that has gone viral.<\/p>\n<p>The report says that the image is from a hospital in Hefei City, the capital of Anhui Province in China, where doctors paid their respect to Zhao Ju, a 41-year-old doctor from Anhui. Zhao had volunteered to work in Shannan in the Tibet Autonomous Region with a group of other doctors two months prior to his unfortunate demise. &#8220;Zhao&#8217;s family respected his noble last wishes and donated his kidneys, liver and corneas&#8221;, the article adds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-290682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-6.jpg 541w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18-6-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The media outlet also shared the photo along with several others on Facebook on the same day. The post said, &#8220;&#8230;Zhao\u2019s family respected his noble last wishes and donated his kidneys, liver and corneas&#8230; Fellow doctors were pictured paying their respects to Zhao with deep bows at a hospital in Hefei City, the capital of Anhui Province&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaGlobalTVNetwork\/posts\/pfbid0ddg32fF5ji32XnC9FpomSUWsq832H4tMicXEhcSPH4meHR6Ggr2ow87TaygSbWU3l\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaGlobalTVNetwork\/posts\/1359452910762192\"><p>Chinese doctor dies while volunteering in Tibet, donates his organs<\/p>\n<p>Zhao Ju, a 41-year-old doctor from east China\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/ChinaGlobalTVNetwork\">CGTN<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaGlobalTVNetwork\/posts\/1359452910762192\">Friday 30 September 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>We also found other news reports on Zhao&#8217;s death, which mentioned that he had donated all usable organs. One such report that carried the now-viral image can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecns.cn\/hd\/2016-09-30\/detail-ifytxtex5099945.shtml\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The same photo was also used in <a href=\"https:\/\/news.cgtn.com\/news\/3d496a4e3155544d\/share_p.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another feature story by CGTN<\/a> published on December 28, 2016 headlined, &#8220;Cultural traditions, distrust lie behind China&#8217;s organ donation dilemma&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-290689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-18-202302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1478\" height=\"1215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-18-202302.jpg 1478w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-18-202302-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-18-202302-1024x842.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-18-202302-768x631.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1478px) 100vw, 1478px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On September 18, Ganashakti carried a corrigendum and apologized for publishing an &#8216;incorrect photo&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-290684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-18-at-1.37.13-PM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-18-at-1.37.13-PM-1.jpeg 338w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-18-at-1.37.13-PM-1-291x300.jpeg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To sum up, the photo viral as AIIMS&#8217; doctors&#8217; last respects to the late CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury is from China, 2016. It shows doctors bowing in front of the body of the late Dr Zhao Ju.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ankita Mahalanobish is an intern at Alt News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bengali daily and CPI(M) mouthpiece Ganashakti published a photograph in its September 17 edition which shows doctors bowing their heads in front of what appears to be a dead body covered in a green shroud. 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