Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Dr John McKinnon, Sherpa Nurse Yangjen and Diane McKinnon have morning tea while setting up the surgery.
Primary Maker
Place
Date
1966-1967
Collection
Level of Current Record
Child
Subject Category
Public Access Text
Subject Notes
Doctor John McKinnon (b.1938) A New Zealand ophthalmologist, mountaineer and the first volunteer doctor at Khunde Hospital, Nepal.
Nurse Yangjen Sherpa, the first nurse at Khunde Hospital, Nepal
Copyright
All rights reserved
Credit Line
Estate of Sir Edmund Hillary, 2008
Last Update
01 Dec 2023
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