PRINTER'S NO. 2024
No. 210 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY RUBLEY, HERMAN, EGOLF, ZUG, E. Z. TAYLOR, TRUE,
NAILOR, SATHER, L. I. COHEN, WOGAN, HERSHEY, BARD,
BENNINGHOFF, STEVENSON, CORNELL, BUNT, McGILL, HABAY,
SAINATO, MILLER, ALLEN, PIPPY, REBER, FICHTER, STEELMAN,
HUTCHINSON, BAKER, CLYMER, SCHRODER, HENNESSEY, C. WILLIAMS,
LEDERER, BUTKOVITZ, ARGALL AND SEMMEL, JUNE 11, 1997
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 11, 1997
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating June 1997 as "Ulcer Awareness Month" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, For many years, stress and diet were believed to be
4 the cause of ulcers; and
5 WHEREAS, After extensive research into ulcers, the primary
6 cause was found to be the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H.
7 pylori); and
8 WHEREAS, Ulcers caused by H. pylori cost the Commonwealth,
9 its citizens and businesses significant amounts of money in
10 direct medical costs as well as absenteeism and lost
11 productivity; and
12 WHEREAS, There is a need to educate and provide information
13 to all Pennsylvanians on the important medical facts related to
14 the treatment and cure of ulcers; and
15 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth has joined with employers, health
1 care providers and organizations throughout this Commonwealth
2 who are involved with educational efforts concerning this major
3 advancement in the treatment of ulcers; therefore be it
4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate June
5 1997 as "Ulcer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania and urge
6 citizens of this Commonwealth who are affected by ulcers to
7 discuss the new treatment modalities to cure ulcers with their
8 health care providers.
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