Bereaved mum campaigns to save lives

THE mother of a Colac district teenager who died from an undetected heart condition is campaigning to screen young athletes for the condition.

Carla OKAI

Yolanda McVilly with a photograph of her daughter Emma.

THE mother of a Colac district teenager who died from an undetected heart condition is campaigning to screen young athletes for the condition.

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Carla Okai moved from Geelong to join The Colac Herald team in June 2010. She studied journalism at RMIT University before travelling and working overseas. She gained experience in television and radio newsrooms in Ghana, West Africa. Carla covers Colac and district news ranging from emergency services and health to aged care and the arts. She also writes the Herald's Your Weekend page.

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  1. Jill Masurkun

    Sending all my love to the McVilly family following the loss of their beautiful and talented daughter,Emma. Full of admiration for Mrs McVilly for trying to do so many positive things to prevent the loss of other young lives – 10 each week in Australia and for rasing awareness of cardiac risk in young people.Screening is the key.

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