Kuala Lampur, May 1 -- KUALA LUMPUR - Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) has clarified that images circulating on social media depicting its Emergency and Trauma Department as a "war zone" since Wednesday are due to ongoing upgrading works.

HKL director Datuk Dr Harikrishna K R Nair said the project is a strategic plan to enhance patient capacity and improve service comfort.

"Throughout the upgrading works, the department has had to operate in a reduced space of up to 50 per cent, while the remaining area is being used as a project passageway.

"Despite space constraints, healthcare services at the Emergency and Trauma Department continue as usual under the 'no wrong door' principle," he said in a statement.

He added that the upgrading works ...