At Green Lane Hospital Barratt-Boyes pioneered new surgical techniques involving the replacement of defective heart valves.
Brian Barratt-boyes
Personal details
Full Name:
Brian Gerald Barratt-Boyes
Lifetime:
13 Jan 1924 – 8 Mar 2006
Biography
Events In History
3 September 1958
Pioneering heart surgeon Brian Barratt-Boyes performed the surgery using a heart-lung bypass machine. The procedure, at Green Lane Hospital in Auckland, was carried out on an 11-year-old girl with a hole in her heart.
Main image: Brian Barratt-Boyes stamp
Stamp depicting Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes and his life-saving heart surgery on children, issued in 1995.