SARMA, Sundari Lily (Dr)
Medical Services in Singapore,
Accession Number 001621
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 4
Total Reels
- Lee Liang Chian
Interviewer
- 01:59:38
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 4
Metadata
- 24 Apr 1995
Recording Date
- 00:29:09
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Born in 1924, Selangor. Family background. Reason for reading medicine. Subjects studied at medical school. Recollection of her expatriate and local teachers. Disruption of studies with the coming of the war years.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 4
Metadata
- 24 Apr 1995
Recording Date
- 00:29:27
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Description of hostel life. Recollection of bedside sessions. Recollection of the clinical rounds. Description of patient-student relationship. Tough life as a houseman.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 4
Metadata
- 24 Apr 1995
Recording Date
- 00:30:19
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Long working hours as a houseman. Salary remuneration of a medical officer. Types of patients she saw at outpatient clinics. Her recollection of Maxwell Outpatient Clinic and Pegu Road Clinic. Why she left hospital for outpatient clinics. Discrimination against women doctors. Disadvantage of being female medical students. Patients' attitude towards female doctors.
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