Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Dr Edmund Monteiro relates dealing with two major infectious diseases at Middleton Hospital/CDC: cholera and HIV-AIDS. He reflects on social stigma, his colleagues and patients, the need to be ever-vigilant against infectious diseases, and what to do with the grounds of the hospital.

00:00 Cholera Outbreaks

08:52 Previous Medical Superintendents

13:36 HIV-AIDS

26:51 Stigma & the Name CDC

30:48 Old Photos of Middleton & CDC

38:37 My Contributions & Vigilance Against Disease

42:14 Heritage & the Future of Middleton Hospital

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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