Bill Text: PA HR471 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 45-16)

Status: (Passed) 2011-10-24 - Adopted (197-0) [HR471 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR471-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2600
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 471 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY FLECK, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CLYMER, DALEY, DiGIROLAMO, ELLIS, EVERETT, GABLER, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GROVE, HARRIS, HEFFLEY, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, M. K. KELLER, KILLION, KORTZ, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MILLARD, MOUL, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PEIFER, PICKETT, RAPP, READSHAW, REED, ROCK, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STERN, SWANGER, THOMAS, TOBASH, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, GOODMAN, YOUNGBLOOD, MIRABITO, CONKLIN AND COHEN, OCTOBER 24, 2011
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 24, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the J.C.
Blair Memorial Hospital.
WHEREAS, J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital was founded in 1910 by
Kate Fisher Blair in memory of her late husband, John Chalmers
Blair; and
WHEREAS, The hospital is located on what is known as
"Hospital Hill" overlooking the rural community of Huntingdon,
Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, Kate Fisher Blair appointed a commission to develop
the project; and
WHEREAS, The commission was the forerunner of the
institution's board of directors; and
WHEREAS, Through the years, the board has been composed of
community members from business, banking, law, medicine, and
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other careers; and
WHEREAS, In 1946, the board determined that the expansion of
the physical plant was essential; and
WHEREAS, The hospital took a huge leap forward with its first
large expansion, more than doubling in size, updating
technologies and creating room for future growth; and
WHEREAS, In the late 1960s, planning was underway to expand
the emergency department, to add an acute care wing and to
attach a county-owned nursing care facility to the hospital, all
of which was completed in 1972; and
WHEREAS, Projects in the 1980s and 1990s have brought the
hospital to its present configuration, with a campus that
includes physicians' offices, education classrooms, physical
therapy facilities and a helipad; and
WHEREAS, In the year 2001, J.C. Blair became part of the
parent organization, J.C. Blair Health System; and
WHEREAS, Currently, J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital has an
active medical staff of nearly 40 physicians, over 485 employees
and over 40 active volunteers; and
WHEREAS, J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital provides care 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, including inpatient
services in the following: medical, surgical, intensive care,
obstetric, gynecological, pediatric and psychiatric; and
WHEREAS, Outpatient services include emergency care,
ambulatory surgery, endoscopy, lab, radiology, behavioral
health, cardiopulmonary, wound healing, occupational health and
outpatient therapy; and
WHEREAS, Presently, J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital is in the
planning stages of an expansion and renovation of the Emergency
Department and outpatient facilities; therefore be it
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate the
100th anniversary of the founding of the J.C. Blair Memorial
Hospital.
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