RAJAN Uma (Mrs)
Medical Services in Singapore,
Accession Number 001985
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 4
Total Reels
- Patricia Lee
Interviewer
- 01:57:29
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 4
Metadata
- 11 Dec 1997
Recording Date
- 00:29:38
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
*Born in 1940, Singapore. Family background. Childhood days. Took up Indian classical music and dance. Schooling years at St Margaret's and Beatty Secondary School. Names of prominent leaders from Beatty. Involvement in music and dance. Joined University of Malaya, Faculty of Medicine from 1959 to1966. Reasons for reading medicine. Medical School days. Ragging during orientation. Housemanship. Posting to Maternal and Child Health Clinic. Role in carrying out the Family Planning Policy.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 4
Metadata
- 11 Dec 1999
Recording Date
- 00:29:43
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
*How the Family Planning Policy was implemented. Types of contraceptives. Introduction of mobile clinic to Housing & Development Board (HDB) Blocks and industrial estates. Staff from the mobile clinic. How women's reactions to the use of contraceptives evolved over the decades. Women's preference for fewer children.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 4
Metadata
- 11 Dec 1999
Recording Date
- 00:29:00
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
*How the perception of doctors changed over the years. How the Family Planning Policy affected her personally. Reasons for stopping at two. Joined School Health Service (SHS) in 1972. First Impressions of SHS. Posting to Social Welfare Health Unit. Primary role in examining children at creches and welfare homes. Types of services at the SHS in the 1970s. How doctors and nurses were divided into teams for school visitation. Involvement in the development of specialised clinics. Types of specialist clinics in SHS.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 4
Metadata
- 11 Dec 1997
Recording Date
- 00:29:08
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
*Importance on data collection at the the School Health Service (SHS). How data were collected and analysed. Significant findings from the data collected for the SHS. Types of intervention programmes at the SHS. Role in networking to increase support for the SHS. Importance of anticipating the needs of the SHS.
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