Wellness on Wheels Comes to Middletown Township

Middletown Township hosts the Wellness Van

And Dr. George Avetian presented by Delaware County Intercommunity Health

          Delaware County’s Senior Medical Advisor is making the rounds to various communities in a giant, colorful Wellness van, delivering a healthy dose of preventive health care information to residents.

The eye-catching Wellness van is 31 feet long, about the size of a SEPTA bus.

It will be in the parking lot of Middletown Township’s Administration Building on Friday, November 8, 2013 form 9:00AM – 12:00PM. Inside the van is a wealth of information on health issues, plus interactive technology that lets people access on-line health tools and healthy lifestyle programs.

Dr.  Avetian will be available in The Township Meeting Room to discuss a specific topic chosen by the group, or he can answer questions people have about topics from West Nile Virus and Lyme disease to stroke prevention and flu vaccinations.

Called “Ask the Doctor,” the program is part of the county’s overall effort to educate residents about various public health issues from vaccinations to healthy lifestyles.

Dr. Avetian said he can discuss a specific topic chosen by the group, or he can answer questions people have about topics from West Nile Virus and Lyme disease to stroke prevention and flu vaccinations.

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  People are invited to stop by and visit with the doctor and tour the Wellness Van on Friday, November 8, 9 a.m.-noon, at Middletown Township Municipal Building, 27 N. Pennell Road, Lima, PA 19037.