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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Patrick Magoon has served Ann & Robert H. Lurie | ||||||
| 3 | Children's Hospital for over four
decades; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, As a result of Patrick Magoon's leadership, Ann & | ||||||
| 5 | Robert Lurie Children's Hospital has
become a world leader in | ||||||
| 6 | pediatric medicine and science; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, During Patrick Magoon's tenure, Ann & Robert Lurie | ||||||
| 8 | Children's Hospital moved to a new state-of-the-art facility as | ||||||
| 9 | a campus-affiliated institution of Northwestern University's | ||||||
| 10 | Feinberg School
of Medicine in 2012; he continued to work | ||||||
| 11 | tirelessly on behalf of the children and
families of the region | ||||||
| 12 | and helped the hospital expand to 364 beds in the fall of 2019; | ||||||
| 13 | and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, These beds are filled every night with patients | ||||||
| 15 | from all over the world who have come
to Chicago for | ||||||
| 16 | specialized care and treatments that only Ann & Robert Lurie | ||||||
| 17 | Children's Hospital can provide; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Since moving to the new hospital, the number of | ||||||
| 19 | children served has
increased by 50 percent, outpatient visits | ||||||
| 20 | have grown by over 70 percent, research funding from
the | ||||||
| 21 | National Institutes of Health has quadrupled, and community | ||||||
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| 1 | benefit investment has risen to
a level that exceeds $100 | ||||||
| 2 | million per year for the people and economy of greater Chicago; | ||||||
| 3 | and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Patrick Magoon has advocated tirelessly for | ||||||
| 5 | matters of children's health at the state
and federal levels | ||||||
| 6 | and continues to provide the highest level of expertise to the | ||||||
| 7 | Illinois Hospital
Association's Medicaid reform efforts; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Patrick Magoon is a true civic leader who is | ||||||
| 9 | driven professionally and personally by
the idea that every | ||||||
| 10 | child matters; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Patrick Magoon has shown a deep level of | ||||||
| 12 | compassion for children and the men and
women who love them; he | ||||||
| 13 | has built a team that is dedicated to providing healthier
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| 14 | futures for every child in the city, State, and beyond; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Patrick Magoon's relentless commitment to | ||||||
| 16 | educating the next generation of
pediatric physicians and | ||||||
| 17 | scientists has resulted in robust residency and fellowship | ||||||
| 18 | programs,
training 256 residents and fellows and 160 graduating | ||||||
| 19 | medical students, on average, each year; therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 21 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
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| 1 | we recognize the life, work, and leadership of Patrick Magoon | ||||||
| 2 | of Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; and be it | ||||||
| 3 | further | ||||||
| 4 | RESOLVED, That we declare April 28, 2020 as "Patrick Magoon
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| 5 | Day" in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to Patrick Magoon, the Ann & Robert H.
Lurie | ||||||
| 8 | Children's Hospital of Chicago, and the Feinberg School of | ||||||
| 9 | Medicine, Northwestern
University.
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