Doc Campbell
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Nancy Marks
Nancy Marks: MT43 News Secretary and News Editor |
Doc Campbell Changes Offices
Dr. Nick Campbell, well known as “Doc,” has moved on up -- town. Family Medical Clinic moved from the clinic next to the Court House to 220 Broadway, beside Creative Closet on August l. He couldn’t say enough about the support from Shirley Wilson, his new landlady. “Thanks to Shirley, we have heat in the winter, air conditioning in the summer and the roof doesn’t leak.” The move has been excellent for him and his staff; Cherylene Sherrill, office manager and Teri Gunderson, RN.
Dr. Campbell has a Southern background, having come from Meridian, Mississippi where he served as a doctor in the US Navy. Although he is from New Orleans, Louisiana, he has been in Townsend since 1984 and at one point served in Broadwater Health Center as the only doctor on staff. He handled all the obstetrics as well as emergency and general practice. “ I quit doing obstetrics when I had delivered half the babies who are in high school now. It was a wild time for me. No more. Those kinds of hours and work are a young man’s job,” he reminisced.
He began serving here after Dr. Jack Belt and Dr. Lois Breen had left. He has been here throughout the years when a myriad of doctors passed through Broadwater county’s health services. Other doctors he remembered were Earl Booke who came here as a resident, Dr. Lindley, Dr. Bruce Fecundus, and lately Dr. Kathleen Trapp. He serves officially as the County Health officer, overseeing County Health Nurse Margaret Ruckey, and her staff, who run the County Health Department. He pointed out the department does a good job, so he has little work to do.
Campbell said he has loved living in Broadwater County, “The people are down-to-earth. They tell you what they think. I like that, “ he said.
Asked what he thinks about Billings Clinic taking over the Townsend hospital, he commended their operation as a critical access hospital “What we need here is access to good emergency care, plus Billings Clinic’s best asset is its good employees,” he said.
Dr. Campbell did not speculate about his retirement. “Probably not retiring yet. I need to keep working to keep going to the grocery store,” he quipped. “Besides, I don’t know how to do anything else except practice medicine.”
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