November 2, 2015
Blood donors are needed for John T. Mather Memorial Hospital’s annual fall blood drive on Wednesday, Nov. 4 from 6:30 am until 6:30 pm. The blood drive is open to all community residents.
No appointment is necessary to donate blood. The blood drive will take place in Conference Rooms 3, 4, & 5. All successful donors will receive gift cards and treat bags as a thank you.
Donated blood can be separated into individual components to save multiple lives, according to the New York Blood Center. Donors help meet the daily transfusion needs of cancer and surgery patients, accident and burn victims, newborns and mothers delivering babies, AIDS and sickle cell anemia patients, and more. Each pint of blood collected can help three patients.
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital is an accredited 248-bed, non-profit community teaching hospital dedicated to providing a wide spectrum of high quality healthcare services to Suffolk County residents, showing compassion and respect and treating each patient in the manner we would wish for our loved ones. Mather has earned the prestigious Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), which recognizes healthcare organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. Mather also is the only hospital in New York State to receive eight consecutive top "A" ratings for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group, a national, nonprofit hospital safety watchdog.