LIM Kwee Neo - FIRST local matron

Singapore - Lim Kwee Neo (25/3/1921 - 22/10/2013) was passed away today. She was my aunty and my mother's eldest sister. She was Singapore’s first local Matron (1958–1961, SGH) who was also Chief Matron of the Ministry of Health (1961–1971). As the eldest in the family, all aunties and uncles called her sis, so she became my 'Aunty sis'

Her accolades

July/Aug 2009 - OutramNow magazine - first local nurses to be promoted to ward sisters in 1951

Singapore Nurses Association - About Us - "headed by its President Miss Lim Kwee Neo, was formally registered with the Registrar of Societies in 1958".

17 Dec 1960 - Singapore Nurses Association (SNA) - Deputy Principal Matron Lim Kwee Neo speaks at Farewall party of Miss Griffin - pic of Aunty Sis.

NUS Lim Kwee Neo Nursing Bursary - a NUS bursary in the name of Lim Kwee Neo

SGH museum - a recreation of a mannequin of Ms Lim Kwee Neo.

A voice recording of an interview with Lim Kwee Neo "Women through the Years: Economic and Family lives"

Orchid named after Lim Kwee Neo - Rhynchofadanda Lim Kwee Neo

Orchid named after Lim Kwee Neo - Dendrobium Lim Kwee Neo

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