The country is mourning the loss former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He passed away at the age of 93 at the AIIMS Hospital in Delhi last evening. While a lot of political leaders offered condolences and paid their respect, a picture, apparently from the AIIMS hospital ward started circulating on social media. The picture claimed that the doctors and nurses from the hospital are paying tribute to the great leader. But it is not a real picture. The photo is fake and is actually from China, where Chinese doctors were paying tribute to an organ donor. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Latest Photos: See Last Pictures of Former PM, Images of Leaders Paying Tributes. 

People believed the picture to be of former PM and passed it on without confirming the truth. The picture is quite old, from the year 2012, where the doctors in a Chinese hospital ward lined up in a queue to pay respect to a patient after her death. But people thought it was a real picture from AIIMS and shared it on different social media platforms including Twitter and WhatsApp. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Remembered as the Poet, Statesman, Titan, Stalwart, Gentleman by Leading Newspapers. 

Take a look at the picture being shared on social media claiming to be Atal Bihari Vajpayee's last one from AIIMS:

This ws the stature of our #Atalji , no INDIAN can stop himself 4m paying last respects to him.

Om Shanti 🙏

R.I.P (Return If Possible) #AtalBihariVaajpayee ji

https://t.co/Ip4XklX74G

https://t.co/uqd92lkcPD

— [ ABHISHEK SINGH ] (@abhishekINDIAN7) August 16, 2018

The former PM was admitted to the hospital for 9 weeks before he took his last breath at 5.05 pm on August 16. The mortal remains were kept at the BJP headquarters for everyone to pay their last respects. The final funeral rites will be conducted today by 4.00 pm at Smriti Sthal.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Aug 17, 2018 01:21 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).