Baby Thacious thriving after op to close hole in her heart

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Mpho Koka Journalist

Little Thacious Makwala is able to enjoy a meal of soft porridge with milk and loves moving when her family plays music in the house after a successful operation to close the life-threatening hole in her heart. 

It took doctors at Netcare Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg three hours to complete the procedure on September 7 before she was discharged three days later...

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