OW Ah Mui
The History of Leprosy in Singapore and Malaysia Collection,
Accession Number E000033
- Loh Kah Seng (Dr)
Source
- 1
Total Reels
- Loh Kah Seng
Interviewer
- 02:26:33
Total Running Time
- Hokkien, Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 1
Metadata
- 7 Nov 2005
Recording Date
- 02:26:33
Running Time
- MP3
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Synopsis
[KWK] Personal and family background. How people in the kampong reacted to his disease. People who committed suicide because of public ostracism. Treatment at Trafalgar Home. Why he did not stay with his family upon discharge. Forced to change residence repeatedly. How leprosy was like mental illness and tuberculosis. How he got to know his wife in Trafalgar. His job as a security guard in Trafalgar. Secret societies and gambling in Trafalgar. Security was tight at the Home. How Trafalgar patients were transferred to Penang and Sungei Buloh. Coffee shop owners who refused to serve leprosy patients. Similar problem faced with bus conductors. Arguments between patients and taxi drivers were not due to leprosy. His distrust of reporters.
[OAM] Personal background. Her feelings upon admission into Trafalgar Home. Why they refused to stay in the new Silra Home. What women did in Trafalgar in their free time. Why she did not stay with her elder brother upon discharge. Not close anymore with her family. How women and men alike who contracted leprosy were abandoned by their partners. Children who had leprosy were also abandoned by their parents.
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