CHAN Poh Goon
Medical Services in Singapore,
Accession Number 002063
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 8
Total Reels
- Patricia Lee
Interviewer
- 03:52:06
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 8
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- 16 Oct 1998
Recording Date
- 00:30:42
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Born in 1941, Malacca. Family Background. Arrived in Singapore, 1945. Schooling years at Canossa Convent in Geylang. Life in boarding school. Fond memories of events that took place. Description of the gown worn by the nuns. How she used to miss home. Reasons for taking up nursing. A Recollections of the recruitment and selection process. First day at work.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 8
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- 16 Oct 1998
Recording Date
- 00:30:51
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Description of various nurses' hostels at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). A day in the routine of a student nurse. Subjects taught at nursing school. Description of the nurses' uniforms. How she took pride in wearing the uniform. How training was divided between theory and clinical practice. First most memorable experience as a nurse. Experience of cleaning up a patient killed in an accident. Encounter with a dying elderly patient.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 8
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- 16 Oct 1998
Recording Date
- 00:30:24
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How practical examinations were conducted. How the student nurses were assessed. Difference between the hospital and state examinations. Recollections of graduation day. Task-oriented nursing versus patient-centred nursing. Relationship between junior and senior nurses. Nurses' strike of 1963. Midwifery training at Kandang Kerbau Hospital (KKH) in 1963. Impressions of Medical Unit III, Singapore General Hospital (SGH), in 1965.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 8
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- 27 Oct 1998
Recording Date
- 00:30:41
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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How restructured hospitals cut down patients' waiting time. Recollections of the Koro epidemic in the 1960s at the Outram Road General Hospital. Impressions of Dr Gwee Ah Leng and Dr Lee Yong Kiat. Reasons for specialising in neuro-surgical nursing. Overseas training at McGill University, Canada. Posting to Toa Payoh Hospital in 1969. Access to the hospital. Impressions of Dr Tham Cheok Fai and Dr Jimmy Choo.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 8
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- 27 Oct 1998
Recording Date
- 00:30:50
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Promotion to Nursing Officer in 1969. Coping with administration and clinical duties. Changes to nurses' uniform. Posting to Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) from 1971 to1978. How she obtained a scholarship to Australia in 1976 to read health administration. How she was posted back to Kandang Kerbau Hospital (KKH) in 1978. Her other subsequent postings. Impressions of Mrs Lee Lian Fong and Ms Roselin Liew. How she was involved in the commissioning work of the National University Hospital (NUH) from 1983 to end 1985.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 8
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- 27 Oct 1998
Recording Date
- 00:30:42
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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The merging of Changi Hospital with Toa Payoh Hospital. How a day is spent at the new hospital. Her role as Director of Nursing at the New Changi Hospital. How relationship with nurses and patients evolved. Patients' reactions to foreign nurses. Ratio of nurses to patients in the early years. Changes of nurses' attitudes towards patients. How relationship between doctors and nurses evolved.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 8
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- 3 Nov 1998
Recording Date
- 00:30:58
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Closer working relationship and interaction between doctors and nurses in the past. Changing relationship between nurses and "amahs". Changing relationship among nurses. Reason why nurses were closely-knitted in the 1960s and 1970s. Emotional strains in patient-care.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 8
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- 3 Nov 1998
Recording Date
- 00:16:58
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How the advancement of medical technology affect the role of nursing. Her involvement with the Singapore Trained Nurses' Association. Changes in the role of the Association. The Catholic Nurses' Guild and the importance of spiritual health among patients. Future development in nursing. Advice for young aspiring nurses.
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