An SC Prisma Health worker just won an Emmy. Here’s why
A Prisma Health employee recently won an Emmy for a video he produced about a young patient with cancer.
The Emmy winner was Anil Dhokai, a multimedia specialist on the marketing, communications and consumerism team for the South Carolina-based nonprofit health company, according to a Tuesday Prisma Health press release. The video he produced involved a child being treated at Prisma Health Children’s Hospital in the Midlands.
His video, “Nothing can stop child cancer patient after receiving prosthetic limb,” won in the Health/Medical–Short Form Content category. Dhokai created the video for social media during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month last fall while working with Senior Marketing Strategist William Cooke.
“Anil and Bill’s dedication and talent truly shine through in this video,” Sally Foister, executive director of marketing insights and strategy, said in the press release. “It started with Bill identifying a great story and Anil’s ability to bring it to life through video and storytelling.”
The focus of the video, Emily Prince, was diagnosed in 2019 with Ewing sarcoma, a type of cancer that occurs in bones or in the soft tissue around the bones. She was treated by Laura Pirich, MD, a pediatric hemotologist/oncologist, at Prisma Health’s Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
Following surgery to amputate her lower leg, Emily also worked with Bethany Borkoski, a pediatric physical therapist, who helped her relearn how to walk.
“My care at Prisma Health was the best I could have imagined,” Prince said in the press release. “I had the greatest nurses and the best doctors!”
