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Petaluma Health Center leaders opened the doors to a new 40-foot state-of-the-art mobile health room at John Reed Elementary School in Rohnert Park Friday morning to usher in a new era of health care access for many.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and Mayra Perez, superintendent of the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District, helped present the mobile health unit to the community at a ribbon cutting Friday.
“Access to health care continues to be a challenge for many people in Sonoma County, especially low-income and language-minority residents,” said Pedro Toledo, chief executive of Petaluma Health Center, in a news release. “By investing in this new state-of-the-art mobile health unit, Petaluma Health Center delivers on its mission and promise to increase access to care and remove barriers that create health disparities in our community.”
The mobile health clinic brings care closer to people who need it most, Toledo added, bringing primary care, mental health and dental services closer to their homes, schools or workplaces.
The mobile health clinic offers state-of-the-art equipment, including two dental chairs and a medical exam area, and focuses primarily on the Sonoma County area.
“The mobile health center promotes Petaluma Health Center’s founding principle that health care is not a right,” the news release said.
Dr. Urmila Shende, who served as the county’s covid-19 vaccine chief, oversees the center’s school-based mobile clinic program in Rohnert Park and Cotati.
With an annual operating budget of $67 million and more than 500 employees, Petaluma Health Center serves more than 40,000 patients at 12 health care facilities in Sonoma and Marin counties.
Amelia Parreira is a staff writer for The Argus-Courier. She can be reached at amelia.parreira@arguscourier.com or 707-521-5208.
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