Heart parents. Doctors.
Dr Marnique Basto MBBS DMSc is a surgeon-in-training in Sydney, Australia
Dr Matthew Liava’a FRACS is a paediatric cardiac surgeon in Sydney, Australia
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In his day-to-day life Matthew operates on children with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) and supports parents through the peri-operative period. Each day he is reminded of that moment he handed his own son over, not knowing if he would hold him again.
As a mother of a heart baby, Marnique has an intimate understanding of what it means to be a heart parent but also has a unique doctors perspective. This experience bonds you with other heart parents for life in a way that is difficult to describe.
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