Dr. Vermont signs building over to Baptist Health
PRESCOTT – Friday was a special day in Prescott and Nevada as Dr. Charles Vermont signed the building his clinic is in over to Baptist Health.
Dr. Vermont joined forces with Baptist about five years ago to help improve health care services for the residents of Prescott and Nevada County. Dr. Vermont is semi-retired, only working eight days a month.
The building is valued at $600,000 and houses the Baptist Health Family Clinic.
Doug Weeks, with Baptist, said this was celebrating someone who’s been in practice for almost 40 years, but was corrected by Dr. Vermont who said he’s been in practice for 31 years in Prescott. This donation, Weeks continued, will insure health care to the community for years to come and Baptist is appreciative of Dr. Vermont’s donation, as is Prescott.
Dr. Vermont said Nevada County gave him a good deal 30 years ago and this is a way to return it. Baptist, he added, made a commitment to the state and rural medicine and this will sustain Nevada County.
Nevada County Judge Mark Glass said Dr. Vermont has been his family’s doctor (24 people) for years and has been good to the Glass family.
Darwin Hendrix, with the Bank of Delight, said Dr. Vermont is a caring man who took care of his parents.
John Brannon, with Farmer’s Bank, added Dr. Vermont has been active in the community and wasn’t afraid to share his feelings.
Mary Godwin, executive director of the Prescott-Nevada County Economic Development Office, said she appreciates Dr. Vermont’s vision for the future for the community as he’s made sure the community is taken care of. Dr. Vermont, she continued, donated land to the EDO’s charitable foundation for future needs.
Glenn Vasser said Vermont is a client, friend and family doctor who’s gone through thick and thin with the closing of the county’s hospital, but stayed and been a good medical servant to the community.
Melissa Freeman, one of Dr. Vermont’s nurses, said she’s been with him 22 years and he and his wife, Ann, are like family.
Tony Hardage, also with Baptist, said he’s known Dr. Vermont a long time and has gotten to work with him over the last four or five years. Dr. Vermont, he said, is an advocate for health care for the community and puts the people of the city and county first.
Weeks reminded everyone this isn’t a retirement from practice for Dr. Vermont, who will continue working part-time. He said the clinic has a good staff that will continue providing medical care for the people of Prescott and Nevada County.