TAN, Joseph
The History of Leprosy in Singapore and Malaysia Collection,
Accession Number E000025
- Loh Kah Seng (Dr)
Source
- 1
Total Reels
- Loh Kah Seng
Interviewer
- 00:32:49
Total Running Time
- English
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- 17 Sep 2005
Recording Date
- 00:32:49
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- MP3
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Synopsis
Personal and family background. Diagnosed with leprosy when young and early treatment. Admission to Trafalgar Home in 1933. Initial feelings about confinement. Treatment by chaulmugra oil. Relaxation of confinement at the Home. Inmates who escaped and returned. Story of refusal of service at a coffeeshop. Left Trafalgar to return home during the Japanese occupation. Father passed away soon. Why he returned to Trafalgar after father’s funeral. Hardship at Trafalgar during the Japanese occupation. Story of Chinese man caught operating a gambling den. Job as a hospital aide at Trafalgar after the war. Work of the Catholic nuns. Establishment of Silra Home. Unhappiness at present plight and living in the new Silra Home. Attitudes of his siblings towards his disease. Why he did not want to stay with his brother after discharge. Comparing life at Trafalgar and at the present Home.
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