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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Good Samaritan Hospital, established in October
3 of 1976, is a member of Advocate Healthcare, the largest
4 healthcare provider in Chicagoland; Good Samaritan is a
5 faith-based, non-for-profit hospital with over 18,000
6 admissions each year; and
 
7     WHEREAS, This year is the 30th anniversary of Good
8 Samaritan Hospital; their dedicated staff continue to provide
9 the best in care for people of Downers Grove and the
10 surrounding communities; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Good Samaritan employs approximately 2,300
12 employees and is located in Downers Grove, Illinois; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Highlights in Good Samaritan Hospital's history
14 include: in 1978 the Cardiac Cath Lab opened; in 1980 Good
15 Samaritan becomes the first hospital in the United States to
16 provide pastoral care in the emergency room and allow fathers
17 in during C- Section birth; open heart surgery is performed for
18 the first time in 1986; the Neonatal Program is started in
19 1986; in 1994 Governor Jim Edgar has open heart surgery; the
20 hospital received Level I Trauma Center designation in 1995 and
21 Level III Perinatal designation in 1999; and
 
22     WHEREAS, The Health & Wellness Center and the Lemont Campus
23 opened in 2000; in 2001 the Hospital celebrated its 25th
24 anniversary and the Cancer Care Center opened; in 2005 the new
25 Critical Care facility & Tomotherapy opened; and in 2006 new
26 Surgery Facility construction began; and
 
27     WHEREAS, Good Samaritan Hospital has been recognized by the
28 Institute for Healthcare Improvement in the Cardiac Alert
29 Program, being one of only 24 hospitals internationally
30 recognized; the hospital was recognized as being in the top

 

 

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1 five percent in the nation by the American Heart Association
2 for the "Get with the Guidelines" Coronary Artery Disease
3 program; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Good Samaritan Hospital has received a top five
5 percent in the nation for Clinical Excellence by the National
6 Rating Firm; the hospital's complication ratio (actual vs.
7 expected) of 0.76 in 2005 is the second lowest in Chicagoland;
8 and their open heart surgery mortality was 0.4% in 2005 and
9 1.2% in 2006; therefore, be it
 
10     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
12 we congratulate the physicians, associates, and staff of Good
13 Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove on the occasion of the
14 hospital's 30th anniversary; and be it further
 
15     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to the staff of Good Samaritan Hospital.