PRINTER'S NO. 567
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
55
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY LANGERHOLC, EICHELBERGER, DINNIMAN, SABATINA,
GREENLEAF, BARTOLOTTA, RESCHENTHALER, FARNESE, FONTANA,
HUTCHINSON, KILLION, TARTAGLIONE, COSTA, MENSCH, FOLMER,
RAFFERTY, AUMENT, VULAKOVICH, SCARNATI, SCHWANK, SCAVELLO AND
BROWNE, MARCH 22, 2017
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 22, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the importance of finding the cause and cure for
multiple sclerosis; expressing appreciation to the
Pennsylvania chapters of the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society for their work; and recognizing the week of March 5
through 11, 2017, as "Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease of the
central nervous system, affecting an estimated 2.3 million
people worldwide; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania chapters of the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society report that in this Commonwealth more than
23,000 people are affected by this devastating disease; and
WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis generally strikes young adults 20
through 50 years of age, attacking them in the prime of their
lives, and some of these young adults diagnosed with multiple
sclerosis experience tremendous suffering and pain, leading to
total paralysis in some cases; and
WHEREAS, The cause and cure for this debilitating disease
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