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Testimony by Kirin Healy on Support for MSK's New Cancer Care Pavilion

1:52:19

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70 sec

Kirin Healy, a cancer survivor from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, passionately supports Memorial Sloan Kettering's (MSK) new cancer care pavilion project. She credits MSK with saving her life when she was diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, praising the expert care and compassion she received during her treatment.

  • Healy emphasizes the importance of MSK's expert science, chemotherapy, and clinical trials in her recovery
  • She highlights the compassionate care from all levels of MSK staff, from doctors to nurses to support staff
  • Healy strongly advocates for the new facility to ensure future cancer patients can receive the same level of care and treatment without waiting for beds
Kirin Healy
1:52:19
Good afternoon.
1:52:21
My name is Kirin Healy.
1:52:22
I live in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and I'm here today to tell you how MSK saved my life and why I proudly support MSK's new cancer care pavilion.
1:52:33
When I was diagnosed with stage 4 non Hodgkin's lymphoma, MSK saved my life with expert science, chemotherapy, and a clinical trial plain and simple.
1:52:44
I especially remember the care shown by MSK employees while I was receiving treatment.
1:52:50
I was treated with compassion from the doctors down to the staff bringing me my food and particularly all the nurses, giving me the confidence to take cancer on.
1:52:59
If I could send every person with cancer at MSK for their treatment, I would.
1:53:04
That's why I support MSK's Pavilion Project.
1:53:07
This new facility will ensure that people diagnosed with cancer in the future can walk into MSK's doors and experience the same level of care and compassion that I did.
1:53:18
No one facing cancer should wait for a bed MSK cares.
1:53:23
They got me back to my boy, and I want that opportunity for every New Yorker.
1:53:28
Thank you.
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