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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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