Physician registrar on his four open-heart surgeries: ‘It’s the scenic route through training’

Dr Geoff Lester says he 'owes everything' to an aortic dissection.
Dr Geoff Lester.

Dr Geoff Lester was refereeing a basketball game when the chest pain and dizziness hit.

As a healthy 24-year-old, about to finish an economics degree, he was unsure about going to hospital until a friend encouraged him.