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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso is |
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marking the 100th anniversary of its founding on July 1, 2021, |
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providing an ideal opportunity to recognize this noteworthy |
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institution for its rich legacy of service; and |
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WHEREAS, Named after the famed U.S. Army surgeon, William |
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Beaumont Army Medical Center first opened on July 1, 1921; for two |
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decades, it functioned as the station hospital for Fort Bliss and as |
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a general hospital for the western portion of the army's 8th Service |
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Command, and its original staff consisted of 6 medical officers, 2 |
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nurses, and 30 medical corpsmen; during World War II, the facility |
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treated prisoners of war, and it served as a teaching hospital where |
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research was conducted on medical issues specific to soldiers; and |
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WHEREAS, William Beaumont Army Medical Center has provided |
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state-of-the-art medical care to not only military personnel and |
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families, but also residents of El Paso; in recent years, the |
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hospital has played an important role in the aftermath of the 2019 |
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mass shooting in El Paso and during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; |
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looking ahead to the future, the medical center is preparing to open |
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a new campus spanning 1.3 million square feet, which will feature |
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135 beds, 10 operating rooms, and 30 specialty clinics; and |
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WHEREAS, For a century, William Beaumont Army Medical Center |
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has been a resource of inestimable value to the El Paso community, |
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and it is fitting to recognize the hospital's significant |
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contributions during this milestone year; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of William |
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Beaumont Army Medical Center and extend to the hospital's |
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administrators, medical personnel, and staff sincere best wishes |
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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. |