HANAM, Evelyn (Dr)
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Accession Number 001452
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 1
Total Reels
- Daniel Chew (Dr)
Interviewer
- 00:15:51
Total Running Time
- English
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Reel/Disc 1 of 1
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- 5 Feb 1994
Recording Date
- 00:15:51
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
(0:00:05) Personal background. Strict upbringing.
(0:01:50) Entered King Edward VII College of Medicine. Reason she took up medicine.
(0:03:50) Her undergraduate studies. Worked as a nurse during Japanese Occupation.
(0:06:34) Graduated in 1950s. Served her housemanship at Kandang Kerbau Hospital (KKH) and Singapore General Hospital (SGH).
(0:07:59) Duties as a medical officer in charge of ward and supervising housemen.
(0:10:05) Coping with overcrowding at the Casualty and Emergency Unit.
(0:11:38) Awarded Queen’s scholarship. Became a senior registrar. Took 12 years to be appointed Physician Grade G.
(0:13:30) Did not like to do administrative work. Decided to go into private practice.
Strict upbringing. Entered King Edward VII College of Medicine. Her undergraduate studies. Graduated in 1950s. Served housemanship in obstetrics and gynaecology at Kandang Kerbau Hospital (KKH) and then in medicine at Singapore General Hospital (SGH). As medical officer, in charge of ward as well as supervising housemen. At Casualty and Emergency Unit, had to cope with overcrowding. Post-graduate studies in England. Did not like to do administrative work. Decided to go into private practice.
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