Emily chats to Thaakirah and Raadhiyah Matthews 18 November 2023

Thaakirah Matthews and her sister, Sumayyah are RX Radio reporters who had their own show called Heart Beat with Sumayyah and Thaakirah. Thaakirah is a current patient at Red Cross Hospital who was born with a Critical Congenital Heart Disease. Together as a family, they established Brave Little Hearts SA (BLHSA) on 3 December 2014. It is a CHD awareness and advocacy group for parents and patients with CHD. BLHSA is also a proud member of Global Arch, an international organisation that brings together organizations from around the world to learn, collaborate, and speak out together about the unmet needs of those living with childhood-onset heart conditions.