Harry Shields, who had open heart surgery as a child, wants more help for those in similar situations
Mr Shields' work led charity Heartbeat to fund a cardiac youth worker at Southampton General Hospital
Harry Shields, from Guernsey, had three operations before he turned five and has called for support for young people going through similar situations. The facility has been designed to provide a "home from home" for relatives of those undergoing heart surgery.Mr Shields, who has become an ambassador for Heartbeat in Guernsey, said it was "hard work" to grow up with a "hazy idea" of what the future might hold.
"It's going to give just a baseline of hope to those kids, to say look, 'this is an adult, he went through what you're going to go through, he knows what you're going to feel like'," he said.Mr Inds said the charity was "hugely indebted" to Mr Shields for his campaigning for more support for children with congenital and cardiovascular diseases."We're hugely indebted to him for his passion and his personal suffering as well to get to this point.
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