Cardiac Surgery
“I was a blue baby” - New Zealand’s first open heart surgery
3 Dec 2020
Prior to 1958 mortality rates for babies born with heart conditions was extremely high. But a groundbreaking open heart surgery performed 62 years ago at Greenlane Hospital by Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes… Audio
'The more a heart operation is likely to kill you, the better it is for you'
24 May 2020
Cardiac surgeon Samer Nashef talks with Carl Shuker about risk, mistakes and how heart surgery has changed in this highlight from the 2020 New Zealand Festival writers' programme. Audio
Fiji children to receive life saving heart surgery
12 Sep 2018
Twenty babies and children in Fiji are preparing for life saving cardiac surgery next week when a surgical team from New Zealand arrives to repair their damaged hearts. Audio