*HR1546*
Introduced Version
HOUSE
RESOLUTION No. ___
Introduced by: Smith V
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1 A HOUSE RESOLUTION honoring the 100th anniversary
2 of Methodist Hospital of Gary, Indiana.
3 Whereas, Margaret Pritchard, a registered nurse who served
4 in South Africa's Boer War, established the nursing
5 school-turned-hospital in Gary, Indiana, in 1911. In May 1923,
6 the new building opened under the name "Methodist Episcopal
7 Hospital". It was dedicated by Bishop Frederick D. Leet;
8 Whereas, In its first full year, Methodist Hospital saw 2,087
9 patients admitted, 299 babies born, and 1,115 operations
10 performed;
11 Whereas, In 1942, the hospital separated from the Methodist
12 Hospital Board in Indianapolis, becoming "The Methodist
13 Hospital of Gary, Inc.";
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1 Whereas, During the polio epidemic of the 1940s and 1950s,
2 The Methodist Hospital of Gary was the only local hospital to
3 accept polio patients;
4 Whereas, Methodist was the first hospital in Lake County to
5 have a physical therapy department and offered the first
6 psychiatric unit;
7 Whereas, In June 1967, the Methodist Hospital School of
8 Nursing graduated its last class, and had trained over 700
9 registered nurses since the 1923 opening;
10 Whereas, The Broadway Methodist opened December 13,
11 1975. The hospitals established themselves as a single entity in
12 1981, comprising of the Northlake Campus in Gary and the
13 Southlake Campus in Merrillville. The Midlake Campus would
14 join this entity in 2003;
15 Whereas, The first Gamma Knife Center in Northwest
16 Indiana opened at the Southlake Campus in 2003, becoming
17 one of two hospitals in the state to have this sophisticated piece
18 of machinery. It was also the first hospital in Northwest Indiana
19 with flat panel biplane technology, which is the gold standard
20 for stroke treatment and neurovascular intervention;
21 Whereas, Methodist Hospital's Heart and Vascular Institute
22 has had full accreditation as a chest pain center since 2015,
23 and it has been accredited as a comprehensive cancer program
24 since 1973, received Magnet recognition for nursing
25 excellence, and earned MBSAQIP full accreditation for its
26 bariatric surgery program in 2023;
27 Whereas, The Methodist Hospital of Gary, Indiana, has
28 always been a leader and pioneer in the medical field since its
29 formation in 1923; and
30 Whereas, The Methodist Hospital has been providing
31 exemplary healthcare service to the people of Northwest
32 Indiana for 100 years; Therefore,
33 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the
34 General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
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1 SECTION 1. That the Indiana House of Representatives
2 honors Methodist Hospital of Gary, Indiana, on its 100th
3 anniversary.
4 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
5 Representatives shall transmit copies of the resolution to the
6 office of State Representative Vernon Smith.
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