87R12978 BK-D
 
  By: Oliverson H.C.R. No. 77
 
 
 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         WHEREAS, Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians,
  nurses, and other health care workers have taken enormous risks to
  care for critically ill patients, and tragically, far too many of
  them have lost their lives in the line of duty; and
         WHEREAS, Across the country, the COVID-19 crisis has strained
  health care resources and made unprecedented demands on the medical
  providers who serve our communities; health care workers have been
  asked to sacrifice their own well-being to care for a surging number
  of COVID-19 patients, while facing the constant fear of contracting
  the virus and transmitting it to others; and
         WHEREAS, The pandemic, to date, has claimed the lives of more
  than half a million Americans; health care workers who have direct
  contact with COVID-19 patients have faced significantly
  higher-than-average rates of infection, and many have fallen ill;
  these courageous individuals, who are burdened with tremendous
  responsibility, have grieved for the patients they have lost, as
  well as for their colleagues who have succumbed to the disease; and
         WHEREAS, The members of the medical community who have fallen
  victim to COVID-19 include emergency room doctors, orthopedic
  surgeons, obstetricians, pulmonologists, neurologists, and
  neonatologists; they also include nurses, resident physicians,
  certified nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, specialists,
  and other hospital staff, many of whom worked around the clock in
  order to give their fellow Americans a better chance of survival;
  and
         WHEREAS, The health care profession requires unwavering
  integrity, dedication, and compassion; those who passed away after
  contracting the coronavirus left behind countless loved ones and
  friends, and the loss to the institutions and communities they
  served is incalculable; and
         WHEREAS, We owe an eternal debt of gratitude to the men and
  women of the medical community who are no longer here to continue
  the fight against COVID-19, and we join in commemorating the lives
  of these heroic Americans and their immeasurable achievements and
  contributions; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby pay tribute to the lives of physicians and other health care
  workers who passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic and extend
  deep and sincere condolences to their families, their friends, and
  their colleagues.