Claim: Exiled former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has recently all in a recording that the country’s hospitals are reusing a single injection on multiple patients since his departure from power in 2017.

“A single needle for injection is being used on eight people. Senegalese used to come to The Gambia for treatment, just like Gambians,” Jammeh claimed.

Jammeh, who ruled The Gambia for 22 years before leaving for exile, has not provided any evidence.

Fact-check: Dr Mustapha Bittaye, head of Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, the country’s main referal hospital, has denied the allegations as false.

“That is far-fetched and not true. It has never happened and it will never happen,” he said, rejecting Jammeh’s allegations.

Verdict: False

Jammeh’s claims are false because he has not provided any evidence to ascertain his allegations.

By Adama Makasuba