The family of a girl born with a rare heart defect say they are devastated that life-saving research into her condition is under threat due to the coronavirus pandemic. Eight-year-old Scarlett Dougan was born with a complex congenital heart condition called hypoplastic right heart syndrome. Most babies with the condition are diagnosed before birth but Scarlett’s condition wasn’t discovered until she was more than four months old. She needed to have urgent, major surgery and has since had a number of other operations. There is currently no cure for Scarlett’s condition and she may require a heart transplant when she’s older.
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