Klang: Tengku hospital Authority shut down canteen to investigate the hygiene condition of canteen when someone uploaded social media showing rat eating vegetables.
The authority ordered to investigate that video which went viral on social media for 32-seconds.
According to Hospital authorities, there were a lot of ambiguities in the video, that was not clear from where did they filmed it, only caption claimed that incident took place at “Klang G. Hospital”.
HTAR Director Dr Ding Lay Ming said, “The hospital management view the allegation seriously and has taken proactive measures to handle the situation.
“The canteen undergoes periodic inspection on its cleanliness and safety.
“People can post and claim anything these days. It is still a question mark whether the video was really taken here and when it happened, but we decided to immediately direct the operator to do a cleaning.
“A notice was issued to the operator by the District Health Office to temporarily close the premises and have it cleaned.”
They didn’t close the canteen for the first time due to unhygienic condition. It was closed in 2005 and 2015.
“We will leave it to the relevant authorities to investigate if the alleged video was genuine and when was it filmed,” added Dr Ding.
Reporter: Syeda Faiza Bukhari
