A survivor of the Japanese invasion of Indonesia during the Second World War, Dr. Frances Lim delivered thousands of babies over three decades.
A survivor of the Japanese invasion of Indonesia during the Second World War, Dr. Frances Lim — one of the few female doctors in her graduating class at Queen’s University — delivered thousands of babies over three decades.
Since childhood, Frances aspired to become a doctor. “Given the prevailing perception that universities in the West were more advanced and superior,” says Heng Cheah, “she chose to come to Canada to pursue her dreams.” She arrived in Kingston, Ont., in 1963, where she earned a master’s degree in biology from Queen’s University. In 1968, she was one of four women in a graduating class of 60 at Queen’s medical school, and one of very few women to pursue a career in surgery.
In 1974, Frances joined Dr. I.W. Chang at his practice in Winnipeg. “They each took their own calls during the week, and alternated being on call on the weekends,” says Liping. When her partner died in 1988, Frances made herself available to all patients — 24 hours a day, seven days a week — for many years.
She was one of the best obstetrician/gynecologists in Winnipeg, says Laurette Manson, a nurse who worked with her for over a decade. “She loved her babies and felt a lot of satisfaction in bringing them into the world,” she says. Also an assistant professor at the University of Manitoba, Frances was modest despite her accomplishments, rarely speaking at home about her job. “However, I think that the ability to use her surgical and mental skills to change someone’s life for the better, particularly helping to bring a new life into the world, was something that gave her a great sense of purpose,” Liping says. “She loved when her patients would bring their newborns to the office or send photos.
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