THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, ADOLPH, GEIST, GODSHALL, BAKER, BEAR, BOBACK, CLYMER, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, HARHART, KILLION, MAJOR, MILLARD, MOUL, MUSTIO, QUINN, ROCK, ROSS, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, SWANGER, WATSON, HESS AND PICKETT, MARCH 28, 2012

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MARCH 28, 2012  

A RESOLUTION

Observing March 30, 2012, as "National Doctors' Day" in

Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, National Doctors' Day is held every year on March 30

in the United States as a day to celebrate the contribution of

physicians who serve our country by caring for its citizens; and

WHEREAS, The first Doctors' Day observance was March 30,

1933, in Winder, Georgia, when Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr.

Charles B. Almond, decided to set aside a day to honor

physicians; and

WHEREAS, In 1990, Congress designated March 30, 1991, as

"National Doctors' Day" by the joint resolution of October 30,

1990 (Public Law 101-473, 104 Stat. 1096); and

WHEREAS, Society owes a debt of gratitude to physicians for

the contributions of physicians in enlarging the reservoir of

scientific knowledge, increasing the number of scientific tools

and expanding the ability of health professionals to use the

knowledge and tools effectively in the never-ending fight

against disease; and

WHEREAS, Society owes a debt of gratitude to physicians for

the sympathy and compassion of physicians in ministering to the

sick and in alleviating human suffering; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives observe March 30,

2012, as "National Doctors' Day" in Pennsylvania.