WONG Poi Kwong (Dr)
Medical Services in Singapore,
Accession Number 001990
- Oral History Centre
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- 43
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- Patricia Lee
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- 21:08:47
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- English
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Reel/Disc 1 of 43
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- 26 Feb 1998
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- 00:29:10
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Born in 1925, Singapore. Influence of his Christian faith on his medical practice. Family background. Schooling years. Description of the old St. Andrew's School at Stamford Road. Factors influencing his decision to read medicine. Reasons for specialising in internal medicine.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 43
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- 26 Feb 1998
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- 00:30:03
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Reasons for choosing the teaching profession. Encounter with the Principal of the College of Medicine in 1942. How the Japanese Occupation delayed his entry to Medical College. Process of direct blood transfusion in the 1940s. Fleeing from Geylang Patah to Batam during the Japanese Occupation.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 43
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- 26 Mar 1998
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- 00:30:06
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The Southern Johore Massacre. Journey to Batam. Life in Batam between February and April 1942. Return to Singapore. How two of his sisters went back to teaching in Methodist Girls' School. Evening classes at the Queen's Street Japanese School. Perception of the Japanese teachers. Reasons for learning Japanese.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 43
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- 26 Mar 1998
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- 00:30:52
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How he landed as a clerk at a Japanese fishing company at Tanjong Rhu. Traditional method of boat-building used by the Japanese fishermen. His inner thought of life during the Japanese Occupation. Work experiences at the fishing company.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 43
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- 18 Jun 1998
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- 00:30:12
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How he kept himself intellectually alive during the Japanese Occupation. Started picking up Japanese, Latin and Greek. Also read Biology and Mathematics textbooks. Reactions to the return of the British. Felt sorry for the Japanese. Application for a job with the British Military Administration (BMA). How College of Medicine re-opened its doors in 1946.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 43
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- 18 Jun 1998
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- 00:31:06
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Impact of the Japanese Occupation on local doctors. Distinction between infective and degenerative illnesses. How the practice of medicine differed during the war years and the post-war years. Post-war medicine - the fight for equal standing between colonial and local doctors.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 43
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- 18 Jun 1998
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- 00:30:12
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Entered College of Medicine in 1946. Recollections of Prof Alexander, his Physics teacher, at Raffles College. Medical students' reaction to the introduction of housemanship. Rationale for housemanship. How some chose to go into private practice instead of doing housemanship. Salary of a houseman.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 43
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- 18 Jun 1998
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- 00:30:44
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Shortening of the medical course from six to five years from 1957. Introduction of the superfreshies. Problems and solutions. Recollections of campus life. Birth of the University of Malaya in 1949. Basis for the establishment of the Varsity Christian Fellowship (VCF).
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Reel/Disc 9 of 43
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- 18 Jun 1998
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- 00:30:15
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Housemanship in Paediatrics and Surgical Units in Singapore General Hospital (SGH), 1952. Description of the hectic schedule. Development in the administration of the Accident and Emergency (A & E )Unit in the 1950s. His short stint at the A & E Unit. Posting to Kandang Kerbau Hospital (KKH) prior to Medical Unit I, SGH.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 43
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- 7 Jul 1998
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- 00:02:43
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Meetings with Dr Balhatchet and Prof Benjamin Sheares. How latter tried to encourage him to read Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O & G). One-and-a-half-year stay at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital (KKH) before returning to the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) to practise medicine.
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