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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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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
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7 | WHEREAS, One of the biggest healthcare challenges across | ||||||
8 | our nation is the shortage of physicians who practice in rural | ||||||
9 | settings; and
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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
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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
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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
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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
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8 | WHEREAS, Dr. Beguelin was instrumental in designing and | ||||||
9 | staffing a hospital wing specifically for developmentally and | ||||||
10 | physically-delayed individuals; and
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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
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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
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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
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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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