Full Text of HR1270 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Jerry Beguelin | 4 | | on the occasion of receiving the 2014 Rural Physician of | 5 | | Excellence Award from the Illinois Rural Health Association; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, One of the biggest healthcare challenges across | 8 | | our nation is the shortage of physicians who practice in rural | 9 | | settings; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Beguelin earned his medical degree from | 11 | | Washington University in 1962; he then completed his residency | 12 | | at Barnes Jewish Hospital in 1963 and performed a specialized | 13 | | internship in trauma and surgery at St. Louis County Hospital; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In 1964, Dr. Beguelin returned to his hometown of | 16 | | Irvington to open up his practice and serving patients at St. | 17 | | Mary's Hospital; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dating back to the 1960s, Dr. Beguelin was a | 19 | | forerunner of using physician extenders and saw the benefit | 20 | | they could bring to rural areas years by increasing access to | 21 | | care; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Beguelin has been instrumental in recruiting | 2 | | many greatly needed specialists and primary care physicians to | 3 | | the rural area he serves; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, In the 1970s, Dr. Beguelin developed a | 5 | | multi-disciplinary on-site care program for the Department of | 6 | | Corrections, which, because of its success, is still in use | 7 | | today; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Beguelin was instrumental in designing and | 9 | | staffing a hospital wing specifically for developmentally and | 10 | | physically-delayed individuals; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Begeulin has always been on the forefront of | 12 | | telemedicine, providing care to residents in nursing homes, | 13 | | developmentally-delayed facilities, and those attending | 14 | | alternative schools; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In order to increase access to care, Dr. Beguelin | 16 | | has opened several Rural Health Clinics; he has also worked | 17 | | diligently to start up the Little Egypt Breast and Cervical | 18 | | Cancer Program; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we commend Dr. Jerry Beguelin for his 50 years of selfless | 2 | | service to his community and the impact he has made on | 3 | | improving rural health and congratulate him for winning the | 4 | | 2014 Rural Physician of Excellence Award; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Dr. Beguelin as a symbol of our respect and | 7 | | esteem.
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