A message attributed to Dr. Vikas Amte, a physician known for his work with Anandwan, an ashram and community rehabilitation centre in Maharashtra, has gone viral on WhatsApp.
The long post, in Marathi, makes a series of claims about the utility of lemon and lemon peel in treating cancer which, The Hindu found, were not borne out by the facts.
We sent the English translation of the post to Dr. Jayachandran P.K., Associate Professor and Senior Consultant, Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), who provided a point-by-point rebuttal of the key claims made in the post.
