By Brian Bowling
VA hospitals in Pittsburgh and Erie are emphasizing women’s health services as the number of female veterans grows, changing the character of hospitals once dominated by mostly older male patients.
Department of Veterans Affairs officials say the system is working to change the reality and perception of its ability to treat women.
“You’re almost scared to go to the gynecologist at the VA because you don’t know how good they are,” said Lisa Bokinsky, 43, of Windber, a former Navy Seabee.
Yet the VA Pittsburgh Health System has begun to provide more traditional women’s health 
care, adding staff and specialists, said Dr. Melissa McNeil, director of women’s health for the hospitals in Oakland and O’Hara.
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