The Howard Mutual Medical Centre was built, in 2011, by the caring people of Ridgetown and area to ensure that our community has our own local, state-of-the-art health centre.

The Howard Mutual Medical Centre is part of the Chatham-Kent Family Health Team. The Centre offers the skills of family physicians, a nurse practitioner and registered nurses. It also acts as a centre for health education and training from dieticians, social workers, chiropodists and a diabetes team.

The Howard Mutual Foundation was created to organize the funding, including donations from Howard Mutual Insurance and local citizens and businesses, which built the Medical Centre. The Foundation leases the Medical Centre building to the Chatham-Kent Family Health Team.