Bill Text: TX HR568 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Woodland Heights Medical Center in Lufkin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-15 - Reported enrolled [HR568 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR568-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Woodland Heights Medical Center in Lufkin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-15 - Reported enrolled [HR568 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR568-Introduced.html
86R12455 BK-D | ||
By: Ashby | H.R. No. 568 |
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WHEREAS, Woodland Heights Medical Center in Lufkin is | ||
celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, Established as Lufkin's first hospital, Woodland | ||
Heights is a 149-bed facility offering a complete range of | ||
inpatient and outpatient services; the center is staffed by more | ||
than 250 physicians, who last year provided care to tens of | ||
thousands of patients, performed over 4,700 surgeries, and | ||
delivered more than 1,000 babies; and | ||
WHEREAS, The hospital's continuous pursuit of excellence has | ||
resulted in many firsts, including the opening of the first | ||
cardiovascular center as well as the first neonatal intensive care | ||
unit in deep East Texas; over the years, it has received awards for | ||
cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, and orthopedic surgery, and it | ||
has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval and the | ||
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's | ||
Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke | ||
Centers; another notable recent honor was its designation as a | ||
Level IV trauma facility by the Texas Department of State Health | ||
Services; and | ||
WHEREAS, Under the leadership of CEO Kyle Swift, Woodland | ||
Heights has given back generously to its community over the past | ||
year through approximately $47 million in charity and uncompensated | ||
care to the area's least privileged residents; it is a major | ||
economic force in the community and a significant source of jobs and | ||
civic revenue, and it is also a partner of myriad charitable and | ||
civic organizations, including the Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber | ||
of Commerce, Junior Achievement, the Lions Club, and the Angelina | ||
Arts Alliance; and | ||
WHEREAS, The dedicated physicians, nurses, administrators, | ||
and staff of Woodland Heights Medical Center are building on a | ||
long-standing tradition of exceptional medical care, and this | ||
significant milestone in its history provides a welcome opportunity | ||
to recognize the important role that it plays in the lives of | ||
countless area residents; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of Woodland | ||
Heights Medical Center and congratulate all those affiliated with | ||
the hospital on its recent designation as a Level IV trauma | ||
facility; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Woodland Heights Medical Center as an expression of | ||
high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |