Tributes paid to pioneering gynaecological surgeon

Tributes paid to pioneering gynaecological surgeonImage source, Sher & ShitalImage caption, Professor Christopher Balogun-Lynch died on 15 June peacefully, his family saidByAlex PopeBedfordshire, Hertfordshire and BuckinghamshirePublishedJust nowTributes from across the world have been paid to a pioneering obstetrician and gynaecological surgeon who has died aged 81, his son has said.Prof Christopher Balogun-Lynch, who helped develop Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH), died peacefully on 15 June. His son, Buckinghamshire GP Dr Josh Balogun-Lynch, said all the messages of support had made "a difficult time a lot easier". He added his father would have been "proud and pleased" of all the marks of respect, and he would have "simply underestimated the impact his work has had". Image source, Joshua Balogun-LynchImage caption, Prof Christopher Balogun-Lynch's family said he would be "greatly missed and forever remembered"Josh said: "I've been getting messages from people all around the world. "I'm very touched by it all, and it's making a difficult time a lot easier."He said his dad was born in Sierra Leone on 1 October 1944, graduated in law from the University of Oxford and trained in medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London.The surgeon was also known for developing the B-Lynch brace suture, a life-saving technique for severe postpartum haemorrhage that helped save the lives of mothers across the world, Josh added.Josh described him as a "devoted father, grandfather, mentor, colleague and friend". The GP said: "It was a strange thing to see my own surname appear as an EMQ option in my fifth-year exam paper."His legacy lives on in the doctors he mentored, the women whose lives he helped save, the family he loved, and the countless people worldwide who continue to benefit from his work."He also founded the Myrtle Peach Trust Charity for the prevention...