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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Ben Taub Hospital in Houston is celebrating its 60th |
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anniversary on May 24, 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, Located in the Texas Medical Center, Ben Taub |
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Hospital is an acute care facility and elite Level I trauma center; |
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it features some 400 licensed beds, and it houses the Ginni and |
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Richard Mithoff Trauma Center, which cares for more than 80,000 |
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emergency patients each year; moreover, the hospital is staffed by |
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physician faculty and residents from Baylor College of medicine, |
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and it serves as a teaching facility for future health care |
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providers; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to its trauma, stroke, emergency and |
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acute care services, Ben Taub Hospital provides outpatient clinical |
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care in a wide variety of medical specialties; among its many |
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accolades, the hospital has received Comprehensive Stroke Center |
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Certification from DNV GL Healthcare as well as the Get With The |
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Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Award and the Target: Stroke |
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Honor Roll-Elite Plus award from the American Heart |
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Association/American Stroke Association; the hospital has also |
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been named a Chest Pain Center and a Mission: Lifeline Gold Plus |
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Receiving Center for heart attack treatment; and |
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WHEREAS, For six decades, Ben Taub Hospital has remained a |
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trusted source for high-quality care in the Houston area, and the |
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sterling reputation it has built is a testament to the many |
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physicians, nurses, associates, and volunteers who have fulfilled |
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its mission of healing; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 60th anniversary of Ben Taub |
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Hospital and extend to all those affiliated with the institution |
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sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the hospital as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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A. Johnson of Harris |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1731 was adopted by the House on May |
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25, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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