Retrospect: New medical center opened

Twenty-five years ago this week, Vormohr Medical Center opened its doors.

The new medical practice in the former Naas Foods office building on county road 100 South was planned to offer “anything anyone might need in medicine,” according to a Sept. 8, 1992, story in The Commercial Review.

“I’m really excited,” said Dr. Frank Vormohr. “It’s a great place. It was built as a landmark by Pete Mauger (the late president of Naas) and it is a pleasure to be here.”

In addition to a family medical practice, the facility was also to offer allergy testing, X-ray, physical therapy, labs for blood work, speech and hearing specialists and an outpatient clinic. It also included an acute care center staffed by Vormohr, his brother David, his father Joseph and Dr. Andy Kuhn, who was in the process of completing his residency in Fort Wayne.

“We plan to encompass total health care,” Vormohr said. “I don’t know of anything like this around.”

The facility had been completely remodeled to accommodate the medical practice. The main floor was to be occupied by staff and the outpatient clinic. Following the installation of an elevator, physical therapy would be on the second floor.

The medical practice has since left the location, with Vormohr now a part of Jay Family Medicine on the campus of Jay County Hospital.