Robert Finlay AITKEN

MB ChB (NZ) 1924, MRCP (Edin) 1926, FRCS (Edin) 1926

Born Dunedin 8/2/ Feb 1901                       Died Ohaupo 23 Nov 1996

Robert Aitken

Educated at Otago Boys' High School

HS / HP, Sunnyside, Wanganui and Christchurch Hospitals 1924

HS / HP, Christchurch and Wanganui Hospitals 1925

Postgraduate training in Edinburgh and at Coombe Hospital, Dublin 1926

General practice in Johnsonville (formerly owned by Dr Bertram Wright) 1927 - 1937

Visiting Anaesthetist, Wellington Hospital 1936 - 1937

General practice in Hokitika, 1937 - 1943

Returned to Wellington in 1943, buying Dr Eldon Litchfield's practice in Khandallah

Visiting Assistant Surgeon, Hutt Hospital 1944 - 1945

Retired from practice in 1966

 

photograph courtesy Staff Library, Hutt Valley Health
Last updated 29 October 2016.