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Claim: A Facebook user named Biggy Smalls posted a picture and claimed it was of the 34 Military Hospital in Sierra Leone.
Verdict: False. The picture is not of the 34 Military Hospital in Sierra Leone. It is an AI-generated image.
Full Text:
A Facebook user named Biggy Smalls recently posted a picture on his page with the caption: “34 Military Hospital in Sierra Leone.” The photo shows a modern, high-tech hospital building that looks very different from what many people know about 34 Military Hospital. This post created confusion and made some people believe that the 34 Military Hospital had been upgraded or completely rebuilt.
Verification
DUBAWA visited the 34 Military Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. During the visit, the researcher took photos of the hospital from different angles to compare them with the image posted on Facebook by Biggy Smalls.
From the pictures taken on-site, it was clear that the design, structure, and environment of the real 34 Military Hospital were very different from the image posted online. The real hospital has a simpler and older building design compared to the sleek and modern-looking structure in the viral photo. Also, no renovation or new building has been done recently that matches what was shown in the post.
However, after careful investigation, it was discovered that the picture was not taken in Sierra Leone and has no connection to the real 34 Military Hospital. The picture is actually an artificial intelligence-generated image—a digital creation made using computer software, not a real photograph taken by a person. The image was also run through an AI tool, and the result shows that it’s 83.9% AI-generated.
Conclusion
After visiting the actual location, taking real pictures, and analysing the image, DUBAWA concludes that Biggy Smalls’ photo posted is false. It is not a photo of the 34 Military Hospital in Sierra Leone. It was generated using AI and does not represent the reality on the ground.
