The information portal "GazetaDemos.com" published an announcement yesterday (May 4) claiming the difficult situation of a person for whom financial support for recovery is being requested.
However, this announcement does not provide detailed information that makes clear the type of illness the person is suffering from. The only information made public through this post is the claim that the person's difficult health condition is the result of an accident, and the post also reveals the name of the person, allegedly Ardit Gashi, for whom it is said that 37 thousand euros are needed for treatment.
Knowing that this announcement states that the person in question suffered an accident on the Pristina - Prizren road and does not mention which hospital he is hospitalized in, this suggests that he is most likely being treated in one of the hospitals in Kosovo.
Hibrid.info has done the tracing to identify the authenticity of the photo and the final stage of this tracing leads us to a photo that bears a resemblance to this one. The details of the surrounding environment match a photo taken in a hospital in Florida, USA.
Link to posting this announcement on the information portal "GazetaDemos.com":
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info through online search engines, it has been confirmed that this photograph was not taken in any hospital in Kosovo, but most likely in the premises of the hospital in Florida, USA, "HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital".
After searching for a person named "Ardit Gashi" on social media Facebook, hibrid.info managed to find an account opened yesterday (May 4) with this name, in whose photo the same person is seen with the same announcement published on "GazetaDemos.com".
This account has only one follower, which makes the announcement about seeking financial means for this person's recovery even more suspicious. (see here)
With the same name "Ardit Gashi" a similar announcement was previously published but with a different photo, through which a call for financial assistance for recovery was made. However, that announcement turned out to be false, which was dealt with by the show "Expose". (see here)
In the final phase of the research conducted by hibrid.info, the authentic photo was not found. However, after the results displayed through “InVID”, it was confirmed that the photo of the announcement published on “GazetaDemos.com” was most likely taken on the premises of the hospital in Florida called “HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital. (see here)
Below you can find the similarities of the hospital environment in Florida, which further argue that the photo was not taken in Kosovo. Added to this is the color and pattern of the patients' clothes, which are the same.
Analyze:
Based on the fact-check conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that "GazetaDemos.com" has published an announcement with unverified data.
In the announcement published on Facebook by the account “Ardit Gashi”, additional data regarding the illness he is allegedly suffering from is missing. Also, it is not clear whether his condition was aggravated only by the accident or by some other illness. Also, the claim that he is suffering from an illness is not substantiated as no additional data is provided that specifies the type of illness.
It has also been confirmed that the photograph was most likely not taken in Kosovo, based on the similarities to the image found on the internet, which was taken in a hospital in Florida.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this publication as "Unverified Content".
Reasoning:
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.