Local briefs
Clinic scheduled Community Medical Services along with the Philippine American Medical Society (PAMS) of Southwestern Pennsylvania will host a free specialized health clinic on Saturday. The clinic is for people without health insurance who are in need of medical care and will be held at the Community Medical Services Uniontown office at 140 N. Beeson Ave.
The clinic will operate one Saturday per month with future dates to be announced and will have local, volunteer physicians who specialize in various areas. For the first clinic on Dec. 7, which will run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., the volunteer physician’s specialty areas are as follows:
Urology – kidney, prostrate screenings and urinary screenings.
Gynecology – women’s health care, pelvic, breast exams and pap testing.
Internal Medicine – general health care, hypertension, diabetes and lungs.
Ultrasounds will also be available for kidney, ureters and bladder screenings.
Community Medical Services was established by Fayette County Community Action Agency in 1997 as a comprehensive health facility for all Fayette County residents. Community Medical Services has office locations in Uniontown, Brownsville and will open a third location in Henry Clay Township within the next month. Community Medical Services accepts most private insurance plans, Medicare, Medicaid and offers a sliding fee scale for uninsured and underinsured patients. Community Medical Services also features a dental office, Community Dental Services in Uniontown, which was developed with the same premise.
Community Medical Services is staffed by Mary Hood, its nurse practitioner who is organizing the event with local physicians Dr. Honorio Pineda and Dr. Lydia Noche. Dr. Manie Juneja serves as the medical director of Community Medical Services and Dr. Atif Saeed is a primary care physician at the facility. Juneja specializes in geriatrics and internal medicine while Saeed specializes in internal medicine and infectious diseases.
For more information about the upcoming and future clinics, Community Medical Services or Community Dental Services, contact Mary Hood at 724-437-6050 extension 302. No appointment is necessary for the clinic as walk-ins are welcome.
Service scheduled
Central Christian Church 23 S. Gallatin Ave, Uniontown, will have its Saturday Night Central Service this week.
This is a contemporary prayer and praise style worship service and is open to the public.
On Sunday, the church will have the Rev. Dr. W. Darwin Collins as guest speaker. His sermon is entitled “God’s Highway Project” and his scripture text will be taken from Isaiah 40:1-11.
Lighting the Advent candle this Sunday will be Jim and Cheryl Huntley with the children’s sermon given by Ed Yauger and Bob VanVerth will be the Call Worship Leader. The anthem will be presented by the chancel choir and is entitled “Is Your Heart Prepared for a King?”
At 9 a.m. on Sunday there will be a New Testament Study Class being lead by the Rev. Art Mace, interim minister of the church and is open for anyone to attend. Youth and Adult Sunday school classes begin at 9:30 a.m. Nursery and pre-school care is available during the morning service, which begins at 10:30 a.m. The Sunday Service can be seen at 5 p.m. on Channel 21.
For more information on the services or the church call 724-438-6821
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