BSA’s Dr. Morrissey: Need for organ donors ‘growing constantly’

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 the center’s patients receive kidneys from a living donor.

“The other two-thirds are waiting for kidneys to become available from people who have consented to do so on their driver’s license,” he said.

Watch Dr. Morrissey’s interview in the video below: