Staying healthy is always important. It's what everyone strives for, but not everyone takes precautions to make sure they don't get sick. Many like to wait to fix the problem after it has already shown itself. Taylorville Memorial Hospital has a health fair coming up with a kidney mobile that is offering free scans to see how healthy people are. Penny Shehadeh, Educator at TMH said that the causes of kidney disease are silent and most people don't even know they have them, which is why it's so important to be screened.

Shehadeh said that the Kidney Mobile will be open for people to take a tour of it to allow them to see what all goes on before they get screened.

The health fair will be on August 3rd from 10:00 until 2:00 and everyone is welcome to attend. Shehadeh was recently a guest on the NEWSTALK WTIM Morning Show.