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ދިވެހިންގެތެރޭގައި އުފެދުމުގަ ސިކުނޑީގެ ޚާއްސަ ވަކި މައްސަލަޔެއް ފެންނަ މިންވަރު ގިނަކަމަށް އޭޑީކޭގައި ހެދި ދިރާސާއަކުން ދައްކައިފި
OPD data shows that 4.5% of neurosurgery patients have this developmental/congenital physical malformation in their brain.
The Malformation does not make them any less able or intellectually inferior to others.
The headline by PSM and others do not reflect even the content of their articles. Catchy headlines (especially when read on their own - as seems to be happening) can cause quite significant misunderstandings.
This headline and what has come as a result of it highlight several points:
•headlines that give alternative meaning than the article are misleading.
•newspapers/outlets copy news from one another and write their articles without getting info from the source.
•people read just headlines.
•we have a shoot-first-ask-questions-later response
The actual data from ADK Hospital:
•4.7% (not 4.5 as was reported, and quoted above) of patient’s presenting to ADK Hospital Neurosurgery OPD was found to have a Chiari I Malformation.
•in our MRI series, we found total 289 individuals with Chiari Malformation. M: 62, F: 228
A single center data is not necessarily representative of the whole country. A population-based study is proposed as a result of the preliminary analysis of hospital-based data.
The Chiari Malformation
mayoclinic.org/diseases-condi…
I’d urge, on behalf of @ADKHospital and my colleagues who did the data collection and analysis that @psmnewsmv and other news outlets correct their headlines.
The said headline gives the impression that all Maldivians have the condition. That is inaccurate.
For everyone using the erroneous report, even as satire, to stigmatize individuals with the condition, by making derogatory comments, please stop. It’s doesn’t help.
And please, read well.
A headline is clearly not enough! Like the book cover analogy, don’t judge an article by its tweet!
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