WONG Yip Chong (Dr)
Medical Services in Singapore,
Accession Number 002027
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 10
Total Reels
- Patricia Lee
Interviewer
- 04:58:51
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 10
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- 15 Jun 1998
Recording Date
- 00:29:23
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Born 1929, Singapore. Family Background. Reasons for reading medicine. His relationship with his physician father. Schooling years at St Andrew's, Outram School and then Raffles Institution. How he spent the war years. His scouting activities. Joined Faculty of Medicine at the University of Malaya from 1949 to 1955. Recollections of Prof Elias, his Anatomy lecturer. Housemanship at the Department of Surgery and the Department of Paediatrics at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Impressions of Prof Mekie and Prof Yeoh Ghim Seng.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 10
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- 15 Jun 1998
Recording Date
- 00:29:27
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Contributions to the Department of Paediatrics. Recollections of the 1963 strike at the Woodbridge Hospital. Why he decided to ask for a posting to the Woodbridge Hospital. First Impressions of the hospital. How the hospital was run mainly by hospital attendants. Postgraduate studies in general medicine and psychiatry at Edinburgh and London respectively. How he is indebted to Dr Lee Yong Kiat and Dr Lim Cheng Hong.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 10
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- 15 Jun 1998
Recording Date
- 00:30:42
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Return from London in 1959. Teaching experiences at the University upon his return. The setting up of the Department of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine. How the study and practice of Psychiatry became more acceptable to the public. Types of mental illnesses. Psychosis, Schizophrenia, and Depression. How the types of treatment have evolved over the years. How the children of rich "towkays" were kept in a big house in Wilkinson Road.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 10
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- 23 Jun 1998
Recording Date
- 00:31:33
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Traditional methods of treatment. Two symptoms of mental illness closely associated with the supernatural powers. How he overcame fear of his patients. How the hospital attendants at Woodbridge Hospital were instrumental in the management of patients. Outpatient clinics set up by Woodbridge Hospital. How the use of psychoanalysis became obsolete at the hospital.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 10
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- 23 Jun 1998
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- 00:30:13
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Use of hypnosis in the 1960s. A case study of hypnosis. The shift from Psychoanalysis to organic treatment. Reasons for going into private practice. His failure in obtaining permission to rebuild the hospital. Definition of "hard" and "soft " psychiatry.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 10
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- 23 Jun 1998
Recording Date
- 00:31:52
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- MP3
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How causes of mental illnesses have changed over the decades. Profile of patients in the 1960s. Development of medical treatment. The use of insulin treatment and its impact. Administration of Electro-Convulsive Therapy. Use of oral medication. Its break-through in the treatment of mental illness in Singapore. How he set-up his private practice. His first clinic at Ngee Ann Building in 1968.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 10
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- 23 Jun 1998
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- 00:29:54
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- MP3
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Second clinic at Specialist Centre. Description of the Singapore Nursing Home in 1973. The renaming of the home to Adam Road Hospital in 1980. The process of setting up the hospital. Some interesting accounts of his encounter with patients. Government guidelines in running a psychiatric hospital. Problems in fulfilling the requirements of having an anaesthetist and a resident doctor. Identifying the names of his potential successors.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 10
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- 30 Jun 1998
Recording Date
- 00:29:44
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- MP3
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Experiences in forensic psychiatry work. What it was like working with David Marshall. How he acted as the defending psychiatrist for Adrian Lim. Reasons for his interest in court proceedings.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 10
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- 30 Jun 1998
Recording Date
- 00:26:04
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Time and effort taken to prepare for Adrian Lim's case. His involvement in various medical bodies. Significant milestones in the development of psychiatry in Singapore. His contributions to psychiatry in Singapore. Advice for young and aspiring psychiatrists.
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