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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, St. Bernard Hospital in Chicago is celebrating a 
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century of continuous service to the Englewood community; and

 
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    WHEREAS, St. Bernard Hotel Dieu Hospital was founded in 
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1903 by seven sisters from the Religious Hospitallers of St. 
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Joseph, a French Canadian order; the hospital treated its first 
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patient in December of 1905 and has operated from the same 
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building on West 64th Street ever since; the hospital's  name 
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was changed in 1962 to St. Bernard Hospital; and

 
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    WHEREAS, St. Bernard's emergency care facility, which 
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opened in 1983, treats approximately 33,000 patients annually; 
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and
 
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    WHEREAS, In 2003, the hospital introduced a pediatric 
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mobile health unit to give inoculations and medical services to 
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schoolchildren throughout the community; and
 
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    WHEREAS, After one year in operation, the pediatric mobile 
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health unit is providing necessary services to approximately 
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400 children per month; and
 
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    WHEREAS, St. Bernard has 700 staff members and treats over 
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50,000 patients annually, providing more than $5 million in 
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free care to those unable to afford needed services; and
 
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    WHEREAS, The Englewood community, which is a 
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federally-designated health professional shortage area, is 
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reviving, thanks to the leadership of institutions like St. 
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Bernard; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1999, St. Bernard formed a housing development 
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corporation and reclaimed seven abandoned acres across from the 
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hospital as Bernard Place, Englewood's first housing 
 


 






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development in over three decades;
Phase I has been completed 
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with 63 fully-occupied new homes; work on Phase II will begin 
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in 2005; Bernard Place has received the Richard H. Driehaus 
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Foundation Award for Outstanding Non-Profit Neighborhood Real 
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Estate Project; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate St. Bernard Hospital as it celebrates its 100th 
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anniversary and we convey our appreciation for its 
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extraordinary service to the community; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to St. Bernard Hospital with our best wishes.