The Profession No One Sees, Until It Fails...
- Jul 15
- 2 min read
From KLIA “waterfall” leaking, to hospitals flooding in Ampang, can all these errors be prevented?
If yes, then why aren’t they all addressed.
It’s heartbreaking to see patients having to be moved and all the staff work round the clock not only to secure the patients but also to secure the medical equipment safely too.
What happened in all of these situations?
Well for KLIA “Waterfall” leaked was the cause of a human error, apparently the contractors forgot to remove the plywood that they have placed on the roof covering the roof’s drainage system forcing the rainwater to pool and seep into the building hence the “Waterfall” leaked.
Causing massive disruptions in operation as the check-in counters in the Departure Hall, where hundreds and thousands both local and international travelers witness it all and it hit home for us locals as it is embarrassing to see the condition of our buildings are not well maintained.
As for the hospitals flooding…
Given that the hospital had to move swiftly while simultaneously ensuring the safety and well-being of the patients admitted there, it is actually pretty disheartening to see the state of affairs.
Source: the Sun (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I2ASKc_dpHs)
Can you imagine... if you had your family admitted there and heard of this news…I can guarantee you it is quite worrying, I’m sure the hospital had a lot of difficulties in managing the patients' kins complaining about the building's facilities.
Not only this shows that the building is not well maintained, it also shows the type of professionals entrusted to be in charge of managing facilities either do not have proper experiences or the right knowledge to know signs of trouble before it becomes a problem in the future.
Hospital Ampang: A Hidden Mechanical Disaster
When we look deeper into the Hospital Ampang crisis, the issue wasn't even external rainwater.
It was an internal asset failure—a heavy-duty chilled water pipe carrying freezing water for the massive hospital air conditioning system burst right behind the operating theater corridor ceiling.
Because the facility lacked structured, predictive lifecycle monitoring, that pipe degraded and breached completely undetected.
The resulting water build-up caused the ceiling to collapse, threatening sterile surgical rooms and knocking out the hospital's electronic information system.
Medical staff were suddenly forced to scramble back to manual paper processes while dealing with anxious family members.
We cannot continue to compromise public safety and national reputation. The only way to prevent these catastrophic failures is to invest heavily in specialized, formal competency.
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