BBC NEWS | South Asia | Sherpa hospital in Himalayan heights
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For the Sherpas of the high Everest or Khumbu region of Nepal, keeping healthy is a struggle.
That is why the one hospital in the region, the Kunde Hospital, is vitally important.
for the past 10 years, it has been staffed and run totally by local Sherpas.
Dr Tsering Wangdi Sherpa, 27, is currently running the clinic, which serves 8,000 patients from the four main valleys of the Khumbu district.
"It's very important to have this hospital," he says.
That is why the one hospital in the region, the Kunde Hospital, is vitally important.
for the past 10 years, it has been staffed and run totally by local Sherpas.
Dr Tsering Wangdi Sherpa, 27, is currently running the clinic, which serves 8,000 patients from the four main valleys of the Khumbu district.
"It's very important to have this hospital," he says.
