Gift from the heart

A cardiac patient facing her sixth surgery this December has donated US$4,000 in specialised equipment to the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), directly upgrading its training resources and capabilities for minimally invasive open-heart surgery.

Speaking at the handover ceremony of the medical equipment at UHWI on Thursday, Abigaye Smythe, founder and managing director of I Have a Heart Foundation, revealed that leading this initiative is her life’s purpose.

Describing her connection to the project as lifelong, Smythe shared that she has battled heart disease since the age of seven, when she first began experiencing symptoms.