PPUM’s Broken Lifts Have Been A Problem Since At Least 2014, Patients And Staff Say

With only two of six elevators reportedly working at Menara Selatan, patients unable to use stairs are left stranded while healthcare workers struggle to transport the critically ill. Former patients claim the problem has persisted for over a decade and remains unresolved.

The Rakyat Post Adeline Leong · News & blogs · 2 hr ago

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Healthcare workers are also frustrated because the broken elevators make it harder to transport patients, and they have urged patients to report the problem as well.
One netizen, who said they were a patient there in 2019, claimed the lifts were already faulty back then, while another, who said they were a student in 2014, made a similar claim.
Another patient claimed that the lifts in Menara Timur are facing the same problem.

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Patients and healthcare workers at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (PPUM) have allegedly put up with a lack of working elevators in the building for years. And they’re getting fed up with it.

Facebook user Mogana Thamaraichelven, who’s also a patient in PPUM, shared her recent experience and confirmed recurring issues with the lifts at Menara Selatan in the hospital.

In the video, she claimed that only two of the hospital’s six elevators are working. As a result, those two are constantly overcrowded, leaving patients and healthcare workers to use the stairs, which isn’t a realistic option for many patients.

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Published: October 15, 2026 at 9:18 AM UTC
By: Adeline Leong
Section: Malaysia
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