Full Text of HR1289 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Sister Elizabeth | 4 | | on the occasion of her retirement as director from St. Bernard | 5 | | Hospital and Health Care Center; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In 1995, Sister Elizabeth implemented an | 7 | | expansion of the hospital, adding a professional building to | 8 | | the campus to house primary care and specialist providers; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Sister Elizabeth's vision and commitment to the | 10 | | revitalization and economic health of Englewood led to the | 11 | | building of Bernard Place; a 70-unit affordable housing | 12 | | development, Bernard Place won the prestigious Richard H. | 13 | | Driehaus Award for Outstanding Nonprofit Neighborhood Real | 14 | | Estate Project in 2004; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Sister Elizabeth recognized the importance of | 16 | | utilizing the latest advancements in technology to improve the | 17 | | quality of healthcare; under her direction, St. Bernard | 18 | | instituted electronic medical record keeping, barcode-enabled | 19 | | bedside medication verification, state-of-the-art digital | 20 | | X-rays and mammography, and a 128-slice CT system; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, The Pediatric Mobile Health Unit, created in 2003, |
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| 1 | | offers free physicals and vaccinations to school kids | 2 | | throughout Chicago's South Side; the Dental Center opened in | 3 | | 2007, and serves more than 5,000 patients a year; recently, The | 4 | | Clinic at Walmart, operated by St. Bernard Hospital, opened in | 5 | | the Auburn Gresham/Chatham area; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In a strategic effort to deliver preventive care | 7 | | to low-income families, Sister Elizabeth joined with four other | 8 | | community hospital partners to found Family Health Network in | 9 | | 1995; it is Illinois' only nonprofit managed care organization, | 10 | | serving families throughout Cook County; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we honor Sister Elizabeth for the work she has done over the | 14 | | years for St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center and we | 15 | | congratulate her on her retirement as director; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Sister Elizabeth as an expression of our esteem | 19 | | and respect.
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