<p>The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has asked the Karnataka Medical Council (KMC), Bengaluru, to take action against a city-based ophthalmologist for claiming to have a cure for COVID-19.</p>.<p>According to KMC, Dr Sunita Agarwal, founder of Agarwal Hospital, Langford Town, claimed that she had a cure for the pandemic sweeping the globe in a YouTube channel.</p>.<p>On coming to know of the video, the PMO’s office contacted KMC and sought action. But Dr Sunita denied having shot such a video.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-first-indian-army-jawan-tests-positive-all-his-colleagues-quarantined-799686.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates of coronavirus cases in India here</strong></a></p>.<p>A YouTube channel captioned the hospital’s screening camp that only took the temperature of patients as a cure for Covid-19. “We have not provided any treatment at the camp. Not even an ointment was given. We only screened the temperature of people who came,” Dr Sunita said.</p>.<p>Dr Veerabhadrappa H of KMC told DH: “I got a call from an officer of the PMO about a false claim made by Dr Sunita Agarwal regarding a cure for Covid-19. It was a YouTube link about conducting a camp for the public for a cure for Covid-19, which is false. She has taken down the video, but I have informed the Ashoknagar police station. We will be sending her a notice and ask her to reply.”</p>.<p>Dr Sunita said that nobody from KMC made an effort to contact her or anybody from her hospital to verify such claims. “They just issued a press note, saying I had conducted a camp for corona cure. We tried meeting him, but were told he isn’t available for another month,” she said. </p>
<p>The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has asked the Karnataka Medical Council (KMC), Bengaluru, to take action against a city-based ophthalmologist for claiming to have a cure for COVID-19.</p>.<p>According to KMC, Dr Sunita Agarwal, founder of Agarwal Hospital, Langford Town, claimed that she had a cure for the pandemic sweeping the globe in a YouTube channel.</p>.<p>On coming to know of the video, the PMO’s office contacted KMC and sought action. But Dr Sunita denied having shot such a video.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-first-indian-army-jawan-tests-positive-all-his-colleagues-quarantined-799686.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates of coronavirus cases in India here</strong></a></p>.<p>A YouTube channel captioned the hospital’s screening camp that only took the temperature of patients as a cure for Covid-19. “We have not provided any treatment at the camp. Not even an ointment was given. We only screened the temperature of people who came,” Dr Sunita said.</p>.<p>Dr Veerabhadrappa H of KMC told DH: “I got a call from an officer of the PMO about a false claim made by Dr Sunita Agarwal regarding a cure for Covid-19. It was a YouTube link about conducting a camp for the public for a cure for Covid-19, which is false. She has taken down the video, but I have informed the Ashoknagar police station. We will be sending her a notice and ask her to reply.”</p>.<p>Dr Sunita said that nobody from KMC made an effort to contact her or anybody from her hospital to verify such claims. “They just issued a press note, saying I had conducted a camp for corona cure. We tried meeting him, but were told he isn’t available for another month,” she said. </p>
