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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Guinxe Gabriel, director of pharmacy services at |
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CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi—South, has helped to deliver |
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lifesaving medical care to thousands of people in his homeland of |
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Haiti; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Gabriel first led a group of 13 physicians and |
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nurses to Haiti in 2010, after it was ravaged by an earthquake in |
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January of that year; the group traveled at their own expense, and, |
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using donated antibiotics and other medications, treated more than |
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1,000 residents over the course of a five-day trip; and |
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WHEREAS, Since that time, Mr. Gabriel's team has expanded and |
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has partnered with Northern New York Hope for Haiti, a nonprofit |
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organization that builds and operates health clinics in that |
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country; Mr. Gabriel has continued to visit Haiti for medical work |
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twice a year, in the fall with a group that primarily treats |
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patients with infectious diseases and in the spring with a group |
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whose physicians chiefly perform surgeries; after Hurricane |
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Matthew struck the southern part of Haiti in October 2016, NNY Hope |
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for Haiti ventured to one of the areas that was hit hardest by the |
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storm and provided essential medical care, including treatment for |
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infections and malnutrition, to over 1,500 individuals; and |
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WHEREAS, Embodying the highest ideals of his profession, |
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Guinxe Gabriel has given of himself and his knowledge to alleviate |
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the suffering of people in direst need, and his selfless, steadfast |
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efforts continue to inspire the profound respect and admiration of |
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all who know him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Guinxe Gabriel for his medical missions to |
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Haiti and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success |
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with his vital work; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Gabriel as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Herrero |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 615 was adopted by the House on March |
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2, 2017, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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