Petaluma Overall health Middle unveils point out-of-the-artwork mobile clinic for underserved populations

Leaders with the Petaluma Overall health Centre unveiled a new, 40-foot long state-of-the-art cellular well being device Friday early morning at John Reed Elementary Faculty in Rohnert Park, opening the door to a new period in health and fitness treatment accessibility for a lot of.

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and Mayra Perez, superintendent of the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified Faculty District, assisted present the mobile wellbeing unit to the group at a ribbon-cutting Friday.

“For quite a few men and women in Sonoma County, primarily lower-profits and language-minority inhabitants, entry to wellbeing treatment carries on to be a obstacle,” claimed Pedro Toledo, main administrative officer of Petaluma Health and fitness Centre, in a news launch. “With this expenditure in a brand new point out-of-the-artwork cell health unit, Petaluma Wellbeing Heart delivers on its mission and continued promise to boost entry to care and do away with limitations that add to health and fitness disparities in our group.”

The mobile well being clinic will bring care nearer to the individuals who have to have it most, Toledo extra, no matter if it be close to their homes, faculties or sites of operate, where it will deliver key treatment, mental wellbeing and dental treatment solutions.

The cellular wellbeing clinic functions condition-of-the-art tools, like two dental chairs and a medical examination area, and will concentrate mostly on the Sonoma County area.

“The cell wellness center will advertise Petaluma Well being Center’s founding basic principle that wellness treatment is a correct not a privilege,” the information launch stated.

Dr. Urmila Shende, who served as the COVID-19 vaccine main for the county, will oversee the center’s school-centered cell clinic program in Rohnert Park and Cotati.

With an annual working spending plan of $67 million and additional than 500 personnel, the Petaluma Health Center supplies provider to extra than 40,000 individuals across 12 health care shipping and delivery sites in Sonoma and Marin counties.

Amelia Parreira is a workers author for the Argus-Courier. She can be achieved at amelia.parreira@arguscourier.com or 707-521-5208.