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+Undoctored Families of babies born with severe heart defects will tell their stories in project that just got HRC funding
University of Auckland
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Liggins Institute researchers will travel the country to listen to families whose babies were born with severe and sometimes fatal heart defects.
The team, which includes specialist doctors from Auckland City and Starship Children’s Hospital, are investigating why fewer Māori and Pacific tamariki survive critical congenital heart disease compared with European babies.
The Health Research Council has awarded $377,000 of funding for the three-year project, headed by Professor Frank Bloomfield, the director of the Liggins, a University of Auckland research institute.
File photo.
Photo: AFP / VOISIN / Phanie
Children s wards throughout New Zealand are under intense pressure caring for dozens of babies with the potentially fatal illness.
Young people are typically the hardest hit by respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
Auckland s Starship Hospital has postponed surgeries to make room for children needing treatment for the flu-like RSV, as the winter illness surges throughout the country.
Visitors have also been restricted to those over 14-years-old to prevent the spread of infection in the hospital.
Otago University paediatrics lecturer Thorsten Stanley is involved in clinical trials for vaccines for pregnant women.
While any potential gains made now would not come in time for the seasonal peak here, they could make a huge difference for babies in the northern hemisphere when their next winter arrives.