PRINTER'S NO. 846
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
102
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY VANCE, AUMENT, BAKER, MENSCH, KITCHEN, DINNIMAN,
HAYWOOD, SCHWANK, ALLOWAY, ARGALL, EICHELBERGER, GREENLEAF,
PILEGGI, RAFFERTY, SCAVELLO, WHITE, COSTA, FONTANA, SMITH,
TARTAGLIONE, TEPLITZ, WOZNIAK AND YUDICHAK, MAY 4, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 4, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of May 10 through 16, 2015, as "National
Hospital Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's hospitals deliver health care
services to all the people of this Commonwealth, providing acute
inpatient care, as well as outpatient, emergency, behavioral
health, rehabilitation, long-term and home care services; and
WHEREAS, Specialized hospital care is provided by 34 trauma
centers, six burn centers and 13 critical access hospitals that
provide care for the State's most rural population; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is home to six academic medical centers
and numerous teaching hospitals and medical schools, which train
future health care providers and invest in critical health
research; and
WHEREAS, "National Hospital Week" dates back to 1921 in
Chicago as an event to build trust after the Spanish flu
outbreak; and
WHEREAS, The celebration serves as a reminder that hospitals
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