New kidney transplant program

The new kidney transplant program at Greenville Memorial Hospital has received approval from the United Network for Organ Sharing to perform transplants.  Prisma Health Transplant Center expects to see its first patients early this month.  It promises leading-edge care to kidney-disease patients who previously had to travel more than 100 miles for transplant-related procedures.  According to the organ sharing network, South Carolina has the second highest wait list for kidney transplants in the country per capita, and more than 1,300 kidney patients in the state are on a waiting list.