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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Alexian Brothers Medical Center is celebrating
3 the 40th anniversary of its founding in May this year; and
 
4     WHEREAS, For more than 700 years, the Alexian Brothers have
5 devoted their lives to the sick, poor, and powerless; the
6 religious order opened its Alexian Brothers Medical Center on
7 May 14, 1966, in Elk Grove; through the years, it has grown
8 into an entire network that serves residents across the
9 Northwest suburbs; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Alexian Brothers Hospital Network also includes
11 the Chicago Rehabilitation Institute at Alexian Brothers
12 Medical Center, also in Elk Grove, and the Alexian Brothers
13 Behavioral Health Center and St. Alexius Medical Center, both
14 in Hoffman Estates; the hospital has grown steadily over the
15 years and is in the process of a face lift as part of the
16 network's $500 million, five-year expansion plan; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Alexian Brothers Medical Center is a 320-bed acute
18 care hospital with more than 750 physicians on staff offering
19 60 areas of specialization; in the most recent rankings by U.S.
20 News and World Report, the Elk Grove hospital ranked in the
21 nation's top one percent of hospital; and
 
22     WHEREAS, The hospital earned recognition from U.S. News and
23 World Report in five separate specialties, including heart and
24 heart surgery; digestive disorders; ear, nose, and throat;
25 respiratory care; and geriatrics; therefore, be it
 
26     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
27 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28 we congratulate Alexian Brothers Medical Center on the occasion
29 of its 40th anniversary; and be it further
 

 

 

HR1171 - 2 - LRB094 20206 HSS 58051 r

1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to Alexian Brothers Medical Center as an expression
3 of our esteem.