Staff at Seberang Jaya Hospital using an umbrella to walk through one of the hospital’s corridors during the heavy rain on Nov 7.PETALING JAYA: A senator has called for a thorough probe into the recent major leakage and water overflow at the new block of Seberang Jaya Hospital, which was handed over to the health ministry only a year ago.

Dr RA Lingeshwaran said there were leaks in many parts of Block B after heavy rain at the hospital last Saturday. “This is a serious matter as a new building is supposed to withstand any amount of rainfall or inclement weather. But as we have seen in viral clips, the medical staff were seen walking in a corridor with an umbrella.

“How could such a thing happen to a new hospital building which should have been built according to strict safety and engineering standards?” he said in a statement.