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Hendricks Regional Health is a hospital system with medical facilities and a physician group serving residents of Hendricks County in suburban Indianapolis, Indiana (IN), including the towns of Avon, Bainbridge, Brownsburg, Danville, Greencastle, Lizton, Monrovia and Plainfield.

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