Greater Nashua
Bernie & Phyl’s CEO needs kidney transplant
NASHUA - After being diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease when he was 10 years old, Larry Rubin always knew that someday he would need a new kidney. “Now that time has come,” he said during an event with Kidneys for Kindness on April 11, adding that the disease intensified during the past year and he is looking for a live kidney donor. “You don’t need to be a match for me, you just have to be healthy enough to donate. Your donation will generate a voucher for me, helping me receive the best possible match for a living donor transplant.” According to the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, a kidney from a living donor can remain healthy for up to 20 years, twice as long as a kidney from a deceased donor. Decades later, Rubin is now the CEO of his family’s business, Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture, which his parents, Bernie and Phyllis Rubin, ...
