integral part of Rosalia’s life, helping her navigate the healthcare system and keeping a watch out for her and her husband. “God sent her,” says Rosalia. “You are family. You are a relative, basically.” “She’s basically my grandma now,” adds Ganna. Six years after her diagnosis, Rosalia continues to receive occasional treatments, and her liver is monitored by MRI. She is very grateful to Dr. Halkier and the interventional team. “He has golden hands and a very good team with him,” she says. “Dr. Halkier really understood me as a person. He would give me the medications at the right time and do everything at the right moment. The ablations were completely pain-free.” “This is the essence of why we exist - to make a difference,” says Dr. Halkier, whose ablation work has been heavily supported by donors to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation. “Fortunately, stories like Rosalia’s are not uncommon. Our amazing team of technologists, nurses and physicians are grateful to work in an area where we touch people’s lives. Rosalia’s success and the beautiful relationship that her family has developed with Ganna fuel our passions, guide our vision, and help us know we are on the right track.”
RIGHT: Rosalia Stil (middle) with X-ray tech Ganna Tashev and Eduard Stil pose inside an ablation procedure room more than five years after her first treatment by Dr. Halkier for liver cancer.
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