Full Text of HR0588 97th General Assembly
HR0588 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize the Department of | 4 | | Neurosurgery at the University of Illinois, Chicago for its | 5 | | numerous achievements and contributions to the State of | 6 | | Illinois; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In September 2007, the Department of Neurosurgery | 8 | | at the University of Illinois, Chicago formed the only brain | 9 | | aneurysm support group in the State of Illinois with the | 10 | | assistance of brain aneurysm survivor Janet Sutherland, nurse | 11 | | practitioner Kate Walsh, and neurosurgeon Dr. Sepideh | 12 | | Amin-Hanjani; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Department Head and Professor Dr. Fady Charbel, | 14 | | along with his faculty and staff, recognized the need for peer | 15 | | support during the challenging time of being diagnosed with a | 16 | | brain aneurysm; they could see that patients were unaware of | 17 | | the facts and had questions that might remain unanswered; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, According to the Brain Aneurysm Foundation, an | 19 | | estimated 6 million people in the United States have an | 20 | | unruptured brain aneurysm, or approximately 1 in 50 people; a | 21 | | brain aneurysm ruptures every 18 minutes and are fatal in 40% | 22 | | of cases; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The UIC Department of Neurosurgery, established | 2 | | in 1939, ranks first in the State for treating the most | 3 | | aneurysm cases and understands the need for extraordinary | 4 | | patient support; the department has demonstrated this through | 5 | | innovative state of the art treatment as well as its lifesaving | 6 | | care and compassion for brain aneurysm patients and survivors; | 7 | | neurosurgeons at UIC have treated more than 4,000 brain | 8 | | aneurysms and continue to have some of the most skilled | 9 | | neurosurgeons to treat brain aneurysms; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago Chapter of the Brain Aneurysm | 11 | | Foundation will hold its second annual Survivor in the City | 12 | | benefit on September 30, 2011; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we recognize the Department of Neurosurgery at the University | 16 | | of Illinois, Chicago and their work with brain aneurysm support | 17 | | groups in the State of Illinois; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the Department of Neurosurgery at the University | 20 | | of Illinois, Chicago as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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