Insights from Records of the Labour Room of Kwong Wah Hospital (Hybrid mode)
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Date:
2022/9/3 (Saturday)
Time:
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Venue:
Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre)
Speaker:
Dr. LEUNG Wing Cheong (Consultant Obstetrician, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Kwong Wah Hospital)
Organiser:
Jointly organised with the TWGHs Records and Heritage Office
Remarks:
Conducted in Cantonese. Free admission by reservation. Reservations for the talk starts on 23.8.2022 (Tuesday) and can be made by calling Tung Wah Museum at 2770 0867 (9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., except Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays). Seats are limited. Each person may reserve two seats for each talk. First-come-first-served.
Online link: https://www.facebook.com/tungwahgroup.rho
Enquiry Telephone Number:
2770 0867
Since ancient times, the smooth birth of a baby has never been taken for granted. For more than a century, Kwong Wah Hospital, under the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, has provided labour and delivery services to Hong Kong women. In 1934, the government amended the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, requiring all birthing facilities to keep complete records of infants born. This means fortunately for us, the records of Kwong Wah Hospital’s labour ward since 1935 have been well preserved. In 2017, Kwong Wah Hospital transferred its labour ward records from 1935 to 1991 to the TWGHs Records and Heritage Office for permanent preservation and research purposes. Referring to records from different time periods, the speaker will compare childbearing among women over the years.
