QuickCheck: Has a private centre's prostate cancer treatment been officially recognised here?


ACCORDING to a claim in a viral post, a treatment method offered by an organisation called the “Kidney Disease Research Center” has been accredited by the Health Ministry.

Is this true?

VERDICT:

FALSE

In a Facebook post on Tuesday (Jan 4), the Health Ministry denied the claim in the post, saying that it is false.

"We have never issued any certificate for prostate cancer treatment to the Kidney Disease Research Center,” said the Ministry.

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