S.C.R. No. 129
                             SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-1        WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Texas takes great
    1-2  pride in recognizing Hermann Hospital of Houston on the grand
    1-3  occasion of the celebration of its 70th anniversary year; and
    1-4        WHEREAS, Hermann Hospital is a private, not-for-profit
    1-5  hospital founded as a gift from philanthropist George H. Hermann to
    1-6  the people of the City of Houston; and
    1-7        WHEREAS, His dream was to provide a hospital dedicated to
    1-8  providing excellence in medicine and compassionate care for all;
    1-9  and
   1-10        WHEREAS, Hermann Hospital opened its doors on July 13, 1925,
   1-11  on a remote tract of land that would later become the
   1-12  world-renowned Texas Medical Center; and
   1-13        WHEREAS, Through the years, in addition to innovative patient
   1-14  care, Hermann Hospital's mission has expanded to include teaching
   1-15  and medical research as the primary teaching hospital for The
   1-16  University of Texas Medical School at Houston; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, Hermann Children's Hospital also serves as the
   1-18  primary pediatric teaching hospital for The University of Texas
   1-19  Medical School at Houston; and
   1-20        WHEREAS, Hermann Life Flight became one of the first air
   1-21  ambulance services in the United States in 1976 and is now the only
   1-22  hospital-based air ambulance service serving Harris County; and
   1-23        WHEREAS, Hermann Hospital is the only state-designated, Level
    2-1  One trauma center in Houston serving more than 45,000 patients per
    2-2  year; and
    2-3        WHEREAS, In 1994, Hermann Hospital provided $103,032,000 in
    2-4  charitable services and benefits to the community out of a total
    2-5  net patient revenue of $419,013,000; and
    2-6        WHEREAS, Hermann Hospital and Hermann Children's Hospital are
    2-7  among the busiest kidney and liver transplant centers in the United
    2-8  States; and
    2-9        WHEREAS, Hermann Hospital has long been a center for treating
   2-10  heart disease in southeast Texas; and
   2-11        WHEREAS, Hermann Hospital is known for many achievements
   2-12  including:  conducting the first successful "blue baby" operation
   2-13  outside of Johns Hopkins Hospital; one of the first stereotactic
   2-14  operations to reverse the effects of Parkinson's disease; Houston's
   2-15  first combined kidney/liver transplant; Houston's first living
   2-16  donor liver transplant; and the world's first hand transplant; now,
   2-17  therefore, be it
   2-18        RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas
   2-19  hereby commend Hermann Hospital for its worthy accomplishments and
   2-20  extend congratulations to its physicians and employees; and, be it
   2-21  further
   2-22        RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared for the
   2-23  physicians and employees of Hermann Hospital for suitable display
   2-24  as an expression of esteem from the Texas Legislature.