Henry ford kidney transplant center

DETROIT (WXYZ) — With Detroit Medical Center’s adult kidney transplant program closed, there are now only five hospitals across Michigan that are certified to carry out the complex procedure.

Plus, with the state’s COVID-19 infection rate at an all-time high, transplant patients in Michigan have more to worry about.

"Something like this will really mess your mind up, emotionally, mentally and physically," Bernice Vance, a kidney transplant patient, said.

Vance was diagnosed with rare kidney disease back in 1998 and eventually was put on dialysis, which she says no one should ever go through.

"Sit there and see your blood every ounce of your blood coming in and out of you.

It's like your bones are drying up and cracking," Vance said.

But in 2010, Vance got a second chance at life after she underwent a kidney transplant at the Detroit Medical Center.

"The important part about them that I loved was the caring that I loved, I