Posted on May 2, 2019

It’s Ladies Night; Oh, what a night

Dr. Angela VanGilder, a surgeon at Floyd County Medical Center, offers information about the hospital’s newly available vein clinic. Press photo by Bob Steenson
A large crowd fills the halls around the admission area at the Floyd County Medical Center Wednesday evening as the hospital’s first “Ladies Night” offered hors d’oeuvres, health information, special access to some testing and even glasses of wine. Dr. Angela VanGilder, in red above, had information about the hospital’s newly available vein clinic. Press photo by Bob Steenson
Healthy hors d’oeuvres prepared by the hospital dietary department were available during the Floyd County Medical Center's Ladies Night. Press photo by Bob Steenson
Dr. Angela VanGilder, a surgeon at Floyd County Medical Center, offers information about the hospital’s newly available vein clinic. Press photo by Bob Steenson
A large crowd fills the halls around the admission area at the Floyd County Medical Center Wednesday evening as the hospital’s first “Ladies Night” offered hors d’oeuvres, health information, special access to some testing and even glasses of wine. Dr. Angela VanGilder, in red above, had information about the hospital’s newly available vein clinic. Press photo by Bob Steenson

By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com

They planned for about 50 people, made goody bags for 75 just in case, and were scrambling to make more just 10 minutes after the doors opened Wednesday evening.

It was Floyd County Medical Center’s first Ladies Night, dedicated to offering health information and after-hours testing access to women in the area.

Viva Boerschel, the director of nursing, said the enthusiastic crowd was better than they hoped for. She said reservations for mammograms, lower leg vein testing and bone density scans filled up quickly after the health fair was announced, and they made room for some more.

Information was available on a range of services, including hormone replacement therapy, midwifery services, the breast cancer care clinic, diabetic management, the vein clinic, nutrition therapy, eating and living healthily, pelvic floor training and blood pressure monitoring.

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It’s Ladies Night; Oh, what a night

By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com

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