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Kiwi of the Week

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    Brian Barratt-Boyes

    At Green Lane Barratt-Boyes assembled a team that was at the forefront of heart surgery. He pioneered new surgical techniques involving the replacement of defective heart valves. In 1958 Barratt-Boyes performed New Zealand's first cardiopulmonary bypass using an imported Melrose Heart-Lung machine.

This Week in History

Question 1 of 10

For what crime was Lorraine Cohen sentenced to death by a Malaysian judge?