BENNINGTON, Vt. Southwestern Vermont Medical Center nurses gather for dedication and celebration As a part of activities to celebrate Nurses Week, nurses and leadership from Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care, gathered at 1 p.m., Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in the Memorial Garden on the eastern end of the hospital campus for a nursing celebration. The program included a welcome and invocation; remarks from President and CEO Thomas A. Dee, FACHE, and Trustee Carol Conroy; the recognition of DAISY Award recipients; the dedications of both the Healers Touch statue and a brick in the garden path to Mary Botter, PhD, RN, former chief nursing officer.