Full Text of HR0945 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Matron Mary Ann Malata on | 4 | | the occasion of her 80th birthday on October 17, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Matron Malata was born in Phalombe, Mulanje | 6 | | District, Malawi, East Africa on October 17, 1942; she | 7 | | finished her primary education in 1959 and then taught in | 8 | | primary schools from 1960 to 1961; she attended secondary | 9 | | school at Cambridge, England from 1964 to 1966; she took part | 10 | | in a general nursing program in Ireland from 1967 to 1970; she | 11 | | then took a midwifery course in the United Kingdom from 1971 to | 12 | | 1972; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Matron Malata returned to Malawi in 1973 and | 14 | | worked in several hospitals; she served as a district nursing | 15 | | officer at Mzimba District Hospital from 1982 to 1997, | 16 | | supervising hundreds of registered nurses and midwives, | 17 | | enrolled nurses and midwives, patient attendants, and hospital | 18 | | servants; she further continued her education, attending an | 19 | | intensive Family Planning Training in New York City, New York | 20 | | for three months in 1985; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Matron Malata supervised nursing at Mzimba | 22 | | District Hospital and in the surrounding health centres, |
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| 1 | | actively visiting these health centres and rural hospitals to | 2 | | teach, encourage, and provide supplies while working to | 3 | | improve the health care of persons in the district; her work | 4 | | included midwifery, obstetric care, safe motherhood, exclusive | 5 | | breastfeeding, child spacing, and family planning; she trained | 6 | | traditional birth attendants, promoted under-fives outreach | 7 | | clinics for childhood immunizations, opened and staffed new | 8 | | health centres, and supervised psychiatric nursing, nursing | 9 | | for tuberculosis patients, and nursing for post-surgical care; | 10 | | she also educated others about HIV/AIDS, which included her | 11 | | working at the new Tovwirane Centre; she additionally worked | 12 | | with public health staff and village health committees to | 13 | | improve hygiene and other public health interventions; during | 14 | | her tenure, she was a key leader in moving 131 patients in four | 15 | | hours without incident from the old Mzimba District Hospital | 16 | | to the new Mzimba District Hospital on September 8, 1992; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Matron Malata was recognized for her leadership | 18 | | and nursing skills in the Mzimba District; for her many years | 19 | | of service, she was elevated to the title of matron in 1995; | 20 | | she retired from civil service to the Government of Malawi in | 21 | | 1997; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Matron Malata provided her skills to the | 23 | | non-governmental organization AFRICARE from 1999 to 2003, | 24 | | working towards the expansion of primary health care projects |
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| 1 | | in Mzimba District; wanting to continue contributing to the | 2 | | health of people in the district, she worked at Mzimba | 3 | | District Hospital on a month to month basis from 2004 to 2014; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Matron Malata has been a dedicated member of St. | 6 | | Paul's Catholic Church in Mzimba for many years, participating | 7 | | in many church and spiritual activities; she is devoted to her | 8 | | family and her children; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we congratulate Matron Mary Ann Malata on celebrating her 80th | 12 | | birthday, and we recognize her for dedicating her life to | 13 | | serving others; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Matron Malata as an expression of our esteem and | 16 | | respect.
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