7. She is proud of her track record – zero fatalities – and is living her childhood dream.
8. Alla is single and was never married and she lives in a flat where she is a carer for her disabled nephew and she has eight cats.
9. Upon being asked about the reason for working even at 89, she promptly replied, ””Why do I work? Because it’s interesting to me, and also because I like to win. I like to help people achieve remissions. There were people I saved many years ago when nobody else wanted to perform an operation on them. And I did this and they still live and have children grown up.”