Name/Title
St. Martha’s Hospital Birth and Discharge Records for First-bornEntry/Object ID
174Description
Summary
Group of hospital and maternity records from St. Martha’s Hospital, Bangalore, documenting the antenatal care, childbirth, neonatal discharge, and postnatal medical follow-up associated with the birth of Vijaya Kumari’s first child. Together, the documents preserve evidence of paper-based maternity administration and obstetric care practices in Bangalore during the late 20th century.
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Detailed
Group of hospital documents issued by St. Martha’s Hospital, Bangalore, relating to the pregnancy, birth, and postnatal care associated with the birth of her first child. The records include an antenatal card, neonatal discharge certificate, and handwritten clinical follow-up note documenting prenatal examinations, maternal observations, childbirth, neonatal condition, birth weight, discharge information, and postnatal medical instructions.
The antenatal card preserves routine prenatal monitoring practices including maternal measurements, blood pressure recording, fetal observations, and handwritten obstetric notes maintained during Vijaya Kumari Ramakrishna’s pregnancy. The discharge certificate and accompanying clinical note extend the documentary sequence into childbirth and neonatal care, preserving details relating to maternal recovery, neonatal status, and physician follow-up instructions.
Collectively, the documents preserve multiple aspects of late-20th-century hospital administration in Bangalore, including printed hospital stationery, manuscript clinical notation, maternity-section stamps, patient numbering systems, physician handwriting, and paper-based medical recordkeeping practices prior to widespread digitization.
Within the context of The Vijaya Kumari Art Collection and Bangalore House, the records additionally hold strong biographical significance as documents connecting Vijaya Kumari Ramakrishna’s later life, motherhood, and family continuity across generations.
