No place like home for blood cancer care. Fate of only RI bone marrow transplant unit rests on sale.

By: Nancy Lavin

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: February 23, 2026

Words: 2,296

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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An IV drips antibodies into Edward Driscoll’s arm as he sits at the end of a row of patients and watches MSNBC on a portable screen one icy February morning at a Providence hospital.

The 80-year-old Cranston resident admits he is tired. But then, he added, “I’ve been tired for 13 years.”

Driscoll has multiple myeloma, an incurable form of blood cancer. When he was diagnosed in his mid-60s, the average survival rate …

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