National Breast Cancer Support Program Grows at PMC
Nov 11, 2015
Look Good Feel Better is available in every state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. It is a free, non-medical, brand-neutral national public service program created to help individuals with cancer look good, improve their self-esteem, and thereby manager their treatment and recovery with greater confidence.
Registration for the October session of Look Good Feel Better at PMC has seen increased enrollment. Through collaboration with the Personal Care Products Council Foundation, the American Cancer Society, Inc., and the Professional Beauty Association | National Cosmetology Association, Look Good Feel Better is able to provide:
- Patient education through group workshops (like the ones at PMC);
- Free program materials including patient guides and brochures; and,
- Free makeup kits for each patient participating in a group workshop
Please join us as we celebrate our participants on their journey to survivorship.
When: Monday, October 19, 2015, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Where: Piedmont Medical Center, 222 S. Herlong Ave., Rock Hill, SC 29732
RSVP: If you plan to attend, please contact Community Relations Coordinator Daisy Burroughs via telephone, 803-329-6838, or email, [email protected].
About Piedmont Medical Center
Piedmont Medical Center is a full service 288-bed hospital serving York, Lancaster and Chester counties. Piedmont has more than 350 physicians on staff, representing a broad range of over 40 medical specialties and subspecialties. The hospital’s main campus includes the Heart and Vascular Center which offers comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services, including an accredited Chest Pain center with PCI designation. This designation means Piedmont can provide emergency coronary interventions such as balloon angioplasty and stent placement. Piedmont has offered a heart surgery program to the community since 1997. Piedmont is also an Advanced Primary Stroke Center honored with a Get with the Guidelines Gold Plus Honor Roll Elite Award.
PMC has earned the SC Distinguished Hospital of the Year Award from DHEC in 2010 and 2013 and currently boasts a fourth straight semester with a Leapfrog Hospital Safety Score Grade of “A”.
Piedmont provides emergency services in our newly expanded Emergency Department, an accredited cancer program, endoscopy, a bariatric medicine program, women’s services in The Women’s Center, orthopaedics, neurosurgery and psychiatric services. The medical center has several outpatient facilities, including diagnostic services, Sleep Center and Wound Care Center. Piedmont is affiliated with Piedmont Physician Network, a network of primary and sub-specialty physician practices (www.pmcphysiciannetwork.com).