Hospice benefit raises more than $10,000
At least 125 bikers cruised across Pasco County to raise more than $10,000 for Gulfside Hospice at the sixth annual Hittin’ the Road for Hospice. The Golden Eagles Motorcycle Club received the Wings & Wheels Fundraising Award for the club that raised the most money, and for having the most club participation. Grant Hile, Golden Eagles’ club president, left, accepts the award from Carla Armstrong, Gulfside’s director of philanthropy.
New surgical services manager
Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point has promoted Evangeline “Vangie” Pagulayan as manager of surgical services, where she will oversee pre-admission testing, same-day surgery, the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, EBCD education (evidence-based clinical documentation), and the entire OR patient experience.
Pagulayan started at the hospital in 1983 serving on the medical/surgical unit, and later worked in the surgical intensive care unit before joining the post-anesthesia care unit.
