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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives wishes to
3congratulate MacNeal Hospital (MacNeal) in Berwyn on receiving
4the 2019 George A. Ashby Award for Business Excellence from the
5Berwyn Development Corporation; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The George W. Ashby Award for Business Excellence
7is a local honor named after one of Berwyn's distinguished
8early architects; the award is given annually to one
9Berwyn-based business that presents a professional and
10favorable image to Berwyn, provides quality goods or services,
11maintains a visually appealing space, and practices
12high-quality customer service to its patrons; and
 
13    WHEREAS, In 1919, Dr. Arthur MacNeal launched a small
14practice from the living room of his unassuming, ten-room
15residence in Berwyn; he quickly outgrew his residence and broke
16ground on a three-story building just a few miles north; by the
171940s, MacNeal Hospital was the city's top employer; and
 
18    WHEREAS, As equal parts employer and consumer, the hospital
19ushered in a wealth of opportunity and development for Berwyn
20and the surrounding communities in Chicago's western suburbs;
21and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, In 1969, MacNeal instituted the first department
2of family practice residency program in Illinois; this program
3helped train future family physicians and also established
4MacNeal as a teaching hospital; today, as a member of Trinity
5Health and Loyola Medicine, the family practice residency
6program is just one of many educational programs offered at
7MacNeal; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Opened in 1964, the coronary care unit at MacNeal
9has leading-edge technology, state-of-the art facilities,
10advanced diagnostics, and provides minimally invasive
11procedures; the coronary care unit helped earn MacNeal a spot
12as one of IBM Watson Health's top 50 cardiovascular hospitals
13for the past two years; MacNeal maintains its top 50 ranking by
14always pursuing better, more advanced ways to care for
15patients, their hearts, and their overall well-being; and
 
16    WHEREAS, MacNeal is nationally recognized for its
17dedication to stroke education, prevention, and recovery;
18MacNeal's Primary Stroke Center, which has served patients for
19over ten years, has received the Joint Commission Gold Seal of
20Approval and the American Heart Association/American Stroke
21Association Stroke Gold Plus Quality Award; these awards are
22testaments to the comprehensive care and rehabilitation
23services MacNeal offers its patients throughout the recovery
24process; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Since 2018, Loyola Medicine and MacNeal have been
2proud sponsors of one of the community's largest signature
3events, Berwyn's Oktoberfest; in 2019, MacNeal celebrated 100
4years of serving Berwyn and the surrounding communities; and
 
5    WHEREAS, For the past century, MacNeal has been providing
6exceptional medical services to patients while cultivating
7leaders in healthcare and education; therefore, be it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
9HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10we congratulate MacNeal Hospital on receiving the 2019 George
11A. Ashby Award for Business Excellence; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13presented to MacNeal Hospital as an expression for our esteem
14and respect.