Rodrigo Teixeira

7 hours ago, iv'a worn smith said:

This morning I was at a business end of year function .

 

The guest of honour was Rodrigo Teixeira (pronounced Teshera).  Rodrigo was present with his wife, young son and baby.  He spoke of his journey to Australia from Brazil, which culminated in he and his family attaining Australian citizenship. 

 

Rodrigo first came to Australia on a medical fellowship, as he was a surgeon in Brazil.  He took up further training at our Royal Children’s Hospital.  Now, he is Head of Reconstructive Surgery at the same hospital.  He was the lead surgeon of a team that separated the conjoint twins; Krishna and Trishna 

 

See http://childrenfirstfoundation.org.au/2013/trishna-and-krishna/

 

But this morning, to top off such a wonderful story, Rodrigo announced to those assembled that he is a Melbourne Dees supporter, with the family of 4 being all members of the club.  He joined up the youngest child while he was still in the womb.  This is a wonderful story and I have brought it to the attention of the footy club and I hope they follow up.  It highlights what is Melbourne’s wonderful multi-cultural community, which of course, thankfully, the AFL community has embraced.

 

The fact that this great surgeon, coming from the other side of the world, to look after our kids and then becomes a MFC member is a great story for our footy club.  I hope the club follows up

 

The following link will tell you a bit more about Rodrigo’s story.  http://www.rch.org.au/plastic/staff/Rodrigo_Teixeira/

Awesome story Iva. 

Thanks for sharing.