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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The COVID-19 global pandemic has required health |
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care professionals to confront extraordinary, evolving, and |
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historic challenges, and the physicians, nurses, allied health care |
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staff, support staff, and the administration of BSA Health System |
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have, together as a professional health care team, heroically stood |
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on the front lines in the war against this contagious and deadly |
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virus, and they have resolutely persevered in the face of |
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tremendous adversity wrought by the unseen enemy; and |
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WHEREAS, At the outset of the pandemic, hospitals throughout |
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Texas, including BSA Health System, intently focused on many |
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matters, including preparedness measures, infection control |
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protocols and screenings, personal protective equipment, and the |
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coordination of response efforts with nearby hospitals; and |
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WHEREAS, The unwavering collective resolve and fortitude |
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demonstrated by the staff of BSA Health System is the latest chapter |
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in its history of caring for its patients and the community; tracing |
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its origins to 1901, it is the fourth-largest employer in Amarillo |
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and has a medical staff of more than 450 physicians and 3,400 |
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employees; BSA Health System has received many honors for its |
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exceptional patient care; and |
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WHEREAS, Although COVID-19 put a tremendous strain on |
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hospitals across the country, the professional team of BSA Health |
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System worked together to provide medical care to patients and to |
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the community at large under extremely physically and mentally |
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exhausting circumstances; and |
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WHEREAS, In resolutely facing, adapting to, and overcoming |
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the ever-evolving and unprecedented health care circumstances |
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thrust upon them, all associated with the hospital are indeed |
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deserving of recognition for their tireless heroic work on the |
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front lines in the war against COVID-19; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend the physicians, nurses, and entire |
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frontline personnel, including the support staff and |
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administration of BSA Health System, for their outstanding and |
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noble heroic service to the people of Amarillo, the greater Texas |
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Panhandle, and the tristate region of Texas, Oklahoma, and New |
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Mexico; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the staff of BSA Health System as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |