Massachusetts General Hospital - Blood Donor Center

Massachusetts General Hospital is one of the largest users of blood in the country. Every day, hundreds of patients require blood to help fight cancer, to replace what is lost in a trauma or to treat a chronic disease.

Through the 60 years of medical and technical advances at Mass General’s Blood Donor Center, the one constant has been the need for blood donors. Nothing has replaced the need for generous individuals to roll up their sleeve and donate blood for patients in need.

Today the Blood Donor Center provides the approximately 75,000 blood components necessary annually to transfuse patients at Mass General and other nearby medical facilities. In addition to serving the patient population at Mass General, we also provide blood and blood components to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Shriners Burns Institute for Children and the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Blood is supplied by volunteer donors – people who realize the ongoing need for life-saving blood.