Episode Details

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Meeravathay P.S. takes us through over half a century of her richly diverse career in nursing, from infectious diseases and midwifery to gerontology and teaching. She talks about her early years at the historic Middleton Hospital for infectious diseases, where she met her future husband, the need for discipline and timeliness, the roles of local and foreign nurses, and her experiences of SARS and COVID-19.

Most of all, Meera emphasises the key work of nurses as allies of doctors. We also discuss the rich heritage of hospitals like Middleton (the CDC) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital and the struggle to conserve the premises while preserving their memories.

00:00 Old Photos of Middleton Hospital

08:02 Night Shifts & Netball

14:21 Matthew, the Iron Lung Boy

18:19 Conservation of CDC

24:27 TTSH’s Pavilion Wards

27:09 Discipline in Nursing

37:26 Foreign & Local Nurses

46:38 Nurses Play a Key Role

49:16 SARS & COVID-19

57:46 Advice for New Nurses

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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