Medical Center Image:
A blood bank is established for blood transfusions in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology in 1938. In 1939, the Blood Bank is more formally organized under the Central Laboratories. The first blood bank was founded at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago in 1936. In New York, Mt. Sinai opened a blood bank in May 1938. (Photo taken in 1968 by Camera Associates.)
Medical Center Date:
1938 to 1939