CHOO Jim Eng (Dr)
Medical Services in Singapore,
Accession Number 001952
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 12
Total Reels
- Patricia Lee
Interviewer
- 05:48:14
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 12
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- 8 Oct 1997
Recording Date
- 00:29:06
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Born in 1923, Singapore. Joined King Edward VII College of Medicine in 1940. How his medical schooling was disrupted by the Japanese Occupation. Family background. Life during the Japanese Occupation (1942 to 1945). How medical students were re-admitted to medical school after the British returned.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 12
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- 8 Oct 1997
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- 00:30:08
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Completed medical studies in 1950. Housemanship was only introduced after 1949. Names of medical students from the class of 1950. Types of postings. Experiences in Kandang Kerbau Hospital (KKH) and the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Teaching Staff. Reasons for specialising in surgery. Postgraduate studies and clinical posting in London.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 12
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- 8 Oct 1997
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- 00:28:41
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Returned from overseas in December 1957. Shared his experiences as a surgeon. The Maria Hertogh riot - how he was recalled back to the hospital in the early morning to attend to victims. Impact of the People's Action Party (PAP) victory in 1959 on medical services in Singapore. How the General Surgery Department expanded to form other specialised departments.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 12
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- 8 Oct 1997
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- 00:28:55
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A Recollections of two cases where patients died on the operating table. Described the working conditions in the 1950s and 1960s. How he left home to stay in the hospital quarters. Salary structure. Knowledge which he imparted to the junior doctors. His outstanding students.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 12
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- 15 Oct 1997
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- 00:28:54
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Procedures in preparing a patient for an operation. Pre-medication given to patients before an operation. Types of anaesthesia and how they were administered. Side-effects of anaesthesia. How an appendectomy operation was carried out.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 12
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- 15 Oct 1997
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- 00:29:43
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Operative procedures for appendectomy. How the late Prof Yeoh Ghim Seng removed an appendix in 15 minutes with a one-centimetre incision. Types of thread used for stitching the wound. Laparoscopic appendectomy. Comparison between laparoscopy and open surgery. Changes to dress code worn in the operating theatre. Differences between emergency surgery and elective surgery.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 12
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- 15 Oct 1997
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- 00:28:38
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How patients were "lined-up" for operation. Importance of pre-medication before surgery. Problems associated with the administration of anaesthesia. Operative procedures for hernia and gall bladder. Interviewee's preference for horizontal incision over vertical incision. Why most surgeons would prefer the vertical incision weakening of muscles.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 12
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- 15 Oct 1997
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- 00:29:36
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Development of keloid post surgery. Operative procedures involving the removal of the stomach. Advantages of a mid-line incision. Length of operation varies from 40 minutes to four hours. Ethics of surgeons on the operating table. Investigation of patients who died in the operating theatre. Laws protecting doctors and patients in the event of accident and death.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 12
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- 21 Oct 1997
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- 00:29:06
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No preferential treatment between "A" class and "C" class ward in operation and nursing care in the 1950s and 1960s. How the elective list was independent of the seniority of surgeons. Mistakes made by doctors in recording the case sheets of patients. Operative procedures involving the small and large intestines. Factors leading to the operation. Types of obstruction to the intestines. Investigative works carried out in the 1960s.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 12
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- 21 Oct 1997
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- 00:29:42
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Degrees of difficulty involved in intestinal operations. Reasons for declining popularity of the multi-stage operation. Advantages of a general surgeon over a specialist surgeon. How operation for a ruptured ectopic pregnancy was conducted at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and not at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital (KKH). Problems of diagnosis. Removal of an ovarian cyst.
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