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Taking health care services to rural PA<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mobile health units, like the Rendu Services van, are one way of bringing basic health care to some of those underserved regions. The service, a mission of the Daughters of Charity, is named for Sister Rosalie Rendu, an 18th-century French nun who devoted her life to the poor. <\/p>\n

The group’s offices are located in a former grocery story at Pechin Shopping Village, in Dunbar, but much of its work is done in post offices and other community settings. <\/p>\n

The Rendu nuns, three of them nurses, steer the decorated, 24-foot van to 15 Fayette County sites each month, in addition to stops at health fairs and other community events. They take blood pressure readings, offer nutrition information and lend a trained ear when people describe their symptoms — all free of charge. Sometimes they refer patients to a doctor or clinic. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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