The claim was published in this Facebook post on May 6, 2021. It has been shared more than 13,000 times.Dr. Priyantha Jeewarathna, director of Karapitiya Hospital, told the hospital had not used the supplement to treat Covid-19 patients.There fore the claim is false. Health experts have said the purported supplement is not proven to be a safe and effective treatment for Covid-19.An emergency medicine consultant at the same hospital,also said in a Facebook post that the drug was "not a product of the Karapitiya Hospital".