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	Podcast:		Eyewitness
	Episode:		Changing Medical History - New Zealand's First Open Heart Surgery
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:16:22
	Publish Date:		2020-12-02 18:00:00
	Description:		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 changed medical history forever. Sonia Yee looks at the lead-up to the big day and the innovative machine used in the operation.
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