Full Text of HR0743 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was founded | 3 | | by entertainer Danny Thomas on February 4, 1962 when it opened | 4 | | its doors to children battling cancer and other | 5 | | life-threatening diseases including pediatric AIDS and | 6 | | pediatric sickle cell anemia; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital cares for | 8 | | all children regardless of race, religion, or creed and all | 9 | | patients are treated regardless of a family's ability to pay;
| 10 | | and | 11 | | WHEREAS, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital freely | 12 | | shares its research findings and protocols with doctors and | 13 | | scientists all over the world; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, St. Jude Children's Hospital grew from the | 15 | | original star-shaped hospital built in Memphis in 1962 to a | 16 | | marvelous 2.5 million square foot campus today that includes | 17 | | the ALSAC Tower, Danny Thomas-ALSAC Pavilion, the Danny Thomas | 18 | | Research Tower, the ALSAC National Headquarters, and the | 19 | | Chili's Care Center for patient care and research; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, St. Jude Children's Hospital now operates | 21 | | worldwide, including a hospital in Peoria, that has treated |
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| 1 | | hundreds of families; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has treated | 3 | | children from all 50 states and many counties around the world;
| 4 | | and | 5 | | WHEREAS, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital treats an | 6 | | average of 260 patients daily and nearly 7,800 patients | 7 | | annually at no cost to the families;
and | 8 | | WHEREAS, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has a daily | 9 | | operating cost of $1.7 million that is funded primarily by | 10 | | private contributions;
and | 11 | | WHEREAS, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital combines | 12 | | cutting edge technology with compassionate care for patients to | 13 | | find cures and provide world-class lifesaving care for children | 14 | | in crisis;
and | 15 | | WHEREAS, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has led the | 16 | | way in changing the way the world treats pediatric cancer and | 17 | | has been instrumental in increasing overall childhood cancer | 18 | | survival rates from 20% in 1962 to 80% today including | 19 | | increasing the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia | 20 | | from 4% to 94%;
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is the first | 2 | | and only pediatric cancer center to be designated as a | 3 | | Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute | 4 | | and is the national coordinating center for the Pediatric Brain | 5 | | Tumor Consortium, Children's Cancer Survival Study, Pediatric | 6 | | Drug Discovery Consortium, and a national study of Sickle cell | 7 | | disease treatment;
and | 8 | | WHEREAS, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital counts | 9 | | among its staff a Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or | 10 | | Medicine, 3 National Academy of Sciences members, and 5 members | 11 | | of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of | 12 | | Sciences;
and | 13 | | WHEREAS, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is | 14 | | fulfilling the hopes and dreams of founder Danny Thomas by | 15 | | serving as a shining light of hope for the world's sickest | 16 | | children where all children are treated and families never | 17 | | receive a bill;
and | 18 | | WHEREAS, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a model | 19 | | of compassion and care for sick children and families across | 20 | | the United States and world; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we congratulate St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on its | 2 | | 50th anniversary and hope for further groundbreaking treatment | 3 | | and care in the future; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the family | 6 | | of Danny Thomas including his children, Terre, Tony, and Marlo | 7 | | Thomas, and the Board of Directors of the Midwest Affiliate of | 8 | | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Peoria as a symbol of | 9 | | our respect and admiration.
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