Tanya Hall, CEO and founder of Hearts4heart and member of the World Heart Federation Board, joins us to share how lived experience can reshape care, policy and community. Diagnosed in infancy and navigating a complex journey that includes open heart surgery, arrhythmias, ablations and a pacemaker, Tanya describes the isolation that led her to start Hearts4heart in 2011 and how it has grown into a national organisation supporting, educating and empowering adults with heart conditions. We discu...
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Tanya Hall, CEO and founder of Hearts4heart and member of the World Heart Federation Board, joins us to share how lived experience can reshape care, policy and community. Diagnosed in infancy and navigating a complex journey that includes open heart surgery, arrhythmias, ablations and a pacemaker, Tanya describes the isolation that led her to start Hearts4heart in 2011 and how it has grown into a national organisation supporting, educating and empowering adults with heart conditions. We discu...
CHD, RHD and Cultural Identity with Heart Mum Maria Tass
From The Heart: The HeartKids Podcast
24 minutes
1 month ago
CHD, RHD and Cultural Identity with Heart Mum Maria Tass
In this episode of From The Heart, Angela Webb, our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Engagement Manager, speaks with Maria Tass and her twin sons, Benson and Albert, from Mackay, Queensland. Born with congenital heart conditions in 2015 and later diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease, the boys went through multiple surgeries and were among the first patients at Queensland Children’s Hospital. Maria reflects on the challenges of caring for twins with complex needs, the vital ro...
From The Heart: The HeartKids Podcast
Tanya Hall, CEO and founder of Hearts4heart and member of the World Heart Federation Board, joins us to share how lived experience can reshape care, policy and community. Diagnosed in infancy and navigating a complex journey that includes open heart surgery, arrhythmias, ablations and a pacemaker, Tanya describes the isolation that led her to start Hearts4heart in 2011 and how it has grown into a national organisation supporting, educating and empowering adults with heart conditions. We discu...
