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Richard Bass, a pharmacist and co-owner of Arwood Drug Co., has been appointed to the Colquitt County Hospital Authority by the County Commission to succeed Durwood Dominy, whose second full term on the board ended Sept. 30.
Bass, who is a native of Colquitt County, will serve a nine-year term. Board members are allowed to serve only two full terms. Dominy, who was one of the board’s longest serving members, was appointed to an unexpired term 20 years ago and went on to serve two full terms.
Jim Lowry, president and CEO of Colquitt Regional Medical Center, praised Dominy’s leadership over the past two decades as well as the County Commission’s choice for a replacement.
“Losing Mr. Dominy after so many years on the Authority is a great loss, but his appointment and continued involvement with the Colquitt Regional Medical Board, that oversees physician practices and management, will add significant value to the over site of physician recruitment and retention as well as physician access for the citizens of Colquitt County. Mr. Bass brings to the Authority a well-established community leader with significant medical background and the administration looks forward to working with him.”
Bass graduated from Abraham Baldwin with an associate degree and received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia School of Pharmacy. He and his wife, Beth, are members of the First Baptist Church, where he serves as a deacon. He is also a member of the Colquitt County Board of Health.
Bass says he sees his service on the Authority as an opportunity to show his appreciation to his community.
“This community has contributed so much to me and my family over the years,” he says. “The people of Moultrie and Colquitt County are unique in their sense of community. They are a very generous and giving people. I look at serving on the Hospital Authority as a means of expressing appreciation to this community for what it has meant to my family.”
Bass says his professional role as a pharmacist places him in a position to hear a lot of comments about the local hospital and he has always assured them of the quality of Colquitt Regional.
“I think many people in this community take Colquitt Regional for granted,” he says. “In the last few years many communities of all sizes have lost their local hospitals. They have either closed or been bought by larger for-profit hospital. I feel we are very fortunate that Colquitt Regional has not only managed to survive but continues to grow and flourish in a very challenging atmosphere. I have in the past and will continue in the future to assure the people with whom I come into contact that Colquitt Regional is an excellent source of quality health care.”