New York Blood Center - Port Jefferson Station Donor Center — Local services in Town of Brookhaven

3/10/25 eve. Me and wife had bad experience with an unprofessional and rude healthcare worker (late 60's blue eyes, short brown tomboy hairdo) my wife is Asian and has a hard time with medical terminology and wanted me to help her fill out questionnaire on laptop. The above rude Lady hastily took the laptop away and told me I can't help and locked my wife in a separate room. Maybe there are hipa laws? But regardless ....her crappy attitude and unprofessionalism (didn't kindly explain why) was a turn off especially when we were going out of our way to donate blood to help someone in need and then have to deal with a trashy staff member. Lady at front desk (greeter) even didn't like her...then I let my mind be known and won't be going back to n.y blood centers, needs...

The New York Blood Center, which reportedly had gross income in excess of $400 million for the tax year ending March, 2014, says on its website that it embraces and values “the highest ethical, humanitarian, medical, and scientific standards.” Really? I guess your standards and mine are a bit different. You used and abused animals for 30 years and then leave them to starve to death. That makes you money hungry pigs whose only interest is the...

I found the Stony Brook University Hospital Blood Center was a friendlier place to donate platelets and whole blood.

It bothered me that the nurses who drew my blood here at NY Blood Center would often smell of tobacco smoke. Even in the best of circumstances, I don't enjoy smelling smoke on other people's clothes, but WHEN YOU ARE STRAPPED DOWN TO A PLATELET MACHINE ?! No way, it was enough to...