Anyone who has found themselves (or a loved one) thrown into the circumstance of needing a kidney transplant quickly learns how life-changing it is. From daily dialysis to discovering the waitlist process, one can’t help but long for the day that life goes back to “normal.”
That wish could become a reality for more residents of Columbia with the recent launch of Prisma Health’s organ transplant program , focusing especially on kidney transplants.
The Prisma Health Transplant Center, located in Greenville , grew out of a need to provide high quality care to transplant candidates while decreasing the travel burden + increasing the chance of finding a donor sooner.
Here’s why the transplant program is needed in Upstate, by the numbers:
- 1. The number of transplant centers within 100 miles of Greenville as a result of Prisma Health launching their program.
- 116,357. The number of people in the US waiting for an organ transplant as of June 2022 (with 97,227 waiting for a kidney).
- 30%. The percentage of people who traveled out of state to receive transplant care in 2017.
- 410. The number of transplants conducted in SC in 2021 (up 27% from the prior year).
- 45. The combined number of years of experience that transplant physicians have to offer patients.
And because it takes a village to get a kidney transplant, Prisma Health’s multi-disciplinary transplant team is comprised of a number of medical professionals, including:
- Surgeons
- Nephrologists
- Nurse coordinators
- Social workers
- Dietitians
- Pharmacists
- Financial counselors
If you are in need of a kidney transplant (or are interested in becoming a living donor ), learn more below about the specialized kidney transplant care Prisma Health provides.
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