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World tennis champion reveals Ramsay midwife is her hero

May 27, 2020

Australian tennis champion, Ash Barty, has revealed her frontline health care hero is her sister, who works at St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Hospital.

In a video to her 220,000 Instagram followers, the world number one gave a shout-out to Sara Coppolecchia, who is a midwife at the Ramsay owned facility.

Ash Barty said: “Thank you so much for everything that you, not just for new mums and new bubs, but all of your nursing and midwifery.”

“She’s helping young mothers and their families through these uncertain times and that’s why she’s my inspiration.”

The sports star is one of hundreds of athletes to film a video for the “Real Heroes Project”, which celebrates health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.