At least 260 people are waiting to receive a kidney through Rhode Island Hospital’s Transplant Center. “When we started our program here, we had 120 patients on the waiting list, and it’s growing constantly,” Brown Surgical Associates’ Dr. Paul Morrissey told 12 News earlier this month. Morrissey, who heads the program, said about a third of…
Dr. Paul Morrissey
Referee makes living donation, saves life of high school coach
As a two-time All-State Classical High School basketball player and current Central High School coach, Mike Reed is used to being active. But in May 2007, he started experiencing symptoms that were only getting worse. Mike was in kidney failure and, due to cancer, had to have both kidneys removed. When David O’Connor, a referee…
