HR1480 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Good Samaritan Hospital, established in October of 1976, is a member of Advocate Healthcare, the largest healthcare provider in Chicagoland; Good Samaritan is a faith-based, non-for-profit hospital with over 18,000 admissions each year; and

WHEREAS, This year is the 30th anniversary of Good Samaritan Hospital; their dedicated staff continue to provide the best in care for people of Downers Grove and the surrounding communities; and

WHEREAS, Good Samaritan employs approximately 2,300 employees and is located in Downers Grove, Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Highlights in Good Samaritan Hospital's history include: in 1978 the Cardiac Cath Lab opened; in 1980 Good Samaritan becomes the first hospital in the United States to provide pastoral care in the emergency room and allow fathers in during C- Section birth; open heart surgery is performed for the first time in 1986; the Neonatal Program is started in 1986; in 1994 Governor Jim Edgar has open heart surgery; the hospital received Level I Trauma Center designation in 1995 and Level III Perinatal designation in 1999; and

WHEREAS, The Health & Wellness Center and the Lemont Campus opened in 2000; in 2001 the Hospital celebrated its 25th anniversary and the Cancer Care Center opened; in 2005 the new Critical Care facility & Tomotherapy opened; and in 2006 new Surgery Facility construction began; and

WHEREAS, Good Samaritan Hospital has been recognized by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in the Cardiac Alert Program, being one of only 24 hospitals internationally recognized; the hospital was recognized as being in the top five percent in the nation by the American Heart Association for the "Get with the Guidelines" Coronary Artery Disease program; and

WHEREAS, Good Samaritan Hospital has received a top five percent in the nation for Clinical Excellence by the National Rating Firm; the hospital's complication ratio (actual vs. expected) of 0.76 in 2005 is the second lowest in Chicagoland; and their open heart surgery mortality was 0.4% in 2005 and 1.2% in 2006; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the physicians, associates, and staff of Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove on the occasion of the hospital's 30th anniversary; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the staff of Good Samaritan Hospital.