HR0724 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HR0724 LRB101 19788 ECR 69299 r

HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives wishes to congratulate MacNeal Hospital (MacNeal) in Berwyn on receiving the 2019 George A. Ashby Award for Business Excellence from the Berwyn Development Corporation; and

WHEREAS, The George W. Ashby Award for Business Excellence is a local honor named after one of Berwyn's distinguished early architects; the award is given annually to one Berwyn-based business that presents a professional and favorable image to Berwyn, provides quality goods or services, maintains a visually appealing space, and practices high-quality customer service to its patrons; and

WHEREAS, In 1919, Dr. Arthur MacNeal launched a small practice from the living room of his unassuming, ten-room residence in Berwyn; he quickly outgrew his residence and broke ground on a three-story building just a few miles north; by the 1940s, MacNeal Hospital was the city's top employer; and

WHEREAS, As equal parts employer and consumer, the hospital ushered in a wealth of opportunity and development for Berwyn and the surrounding communities in Chicago's western suburbs; and

WHEREAS, In 1969, MacNeal instituted the first department of family practice residency program in Illinois; this program helped train future family physicians and also established MacNeal as a teaching hospital; today, as a member of Trinity Health and Loyola Medicine, the family practice residency program is just one of many educational programs offered at MacNeal; and

WHEREAS, Opened in 1964, the coronary care unit at MacNeal has leading-edge technology, state-of-the art facilities, advanced diagnostics, and provides minimally invasive procedures; the coronary care unit helped earn MacNeal a spot as one of IBM Watson Health's top 50 cardiovascular hospitals for the past two years; MacNeal maintains its top 50 ranking by always pursuing better, more advanced ways to care for patients, their hearts, and their overall well-being; and

WHEREAS, MacNeal is nationally recognized for its dedication to stroke education, prevention, and recovery; MacNeal's Primary Stroke Center, which has served patients for over ten years, has received the Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Gold Plus Quality Award; these awards are testaments to the comprehensive care and rehabilitation services MacNeal offers its patients throughout the recovery process; and

WHEREAS, Since 2018, Loyola Medicine and MacNeal have been proud sponsors of one of the community's largest signature events, Berwyn's Oktoberfest; in 2019, MacNeal celebrated 100 years of serving Berwyn and the surrounding communities; and

WHEREAS, For the past century, MacNeal has been providing exceptional medical services to patients while cultivating leaders in healthcare and education; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate MacNeal Hospital on receiving the 2019 George A. Ashby Award for Business Excellence; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to MacNeal Hospital as an expression for our esteem and respect.