I don't think this is a problem at all. Are they saying fake data is hard to do? I don't get it. Why would it be hard to fake data? Get real results and shift the values by some number. That's it. I mean, obviously if you shift too much then you will have problems, but enough to be credible? Easy.
Sure it is slightly harder ro make the data from scratch, but let's be real here, a TON of the data is just a random csv file a machine pops out. Why on earth would it be hard to fake?
Now, human trials are a bit different than some measurement data but I fail to see why this would be hard, assuming you are an expert in rhe field.
Much more prominent problem in science is cherry picking data. It is very common to have someone make 50 new devices and measure them all, and conveniently leave out half of the measurements. Happens alllll the time
They seem to be on the hospital grounds (or so the reports I've read seem ro indicate), which sounds to me that it not directly under the hospital building, though it is still partly under rubble so dunno really. Which ties up to my original question that what report is this that op is talking about and what is the argument.