H.R. No. 1889
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The COVID-19 global pandemic has required health
care professionals to confront extraordinary, evolving, and
historic challenges, and the physicians, nurses, allied health care
staff, support staff, and administration of Northwest Texas
Healthcare System have, together as a professional health care
team, heroically stood on the front lines in the war against this
contagious and deadly virus, and they have resolutely persevered in
the face of tremendous adversity wrought by the unseen enemy; and
WHEREAS, At the outset of the pandemic, hospitals throughout
Texas, including Northwest Texas Healthcare System, intently
focused on many matters, including preparedness measures,
infection control protocols and screenings, personal protective
equipment, and the coordination of response efforts with nearby
hospitals; and
WHEREAS, The unwavering collective resolve and fortitude
demonstrated by the staff of Northwest Texas Healthcare System is
the latest chapter in its history of caring for its patients and the
community; established in 1924, Northwest Texas Healthcare System
is an acute care facility and medical center nationally known for
its heart, emergency, stroke, and pediatric services; an advanced
level III trauma facility, the emergency department has expanded to
include freestanding locations; and
WHEREAS, Although COVID-19 put a tremendous strain on
hospitals across the country, the professional team of Northwest
Texas Healthcare System worked together to provide medical care to
patients and to the community-at-large under extremely physically
and mentally exhausting circumstances; and
WHEREAS, In resolutely facing, adapting to, and overcoming
the ever-evolving and unprecedented health care circumstances
thrust upon them, all associated with the hospital are indeed
deserving of recognition for their tireless heroic work on the
front lines in the war against COVID-19; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas
Legislature hereby commend the physicians, nurses, and all
frontline personnel as well as the support staff and administration
of Northwest Texas Healthcare System for their outstanding, noble,
and heroic service to the people of Amarillo, the greater Texas
Panhandle, and the Tri-State region of Texas, Oklahoma, and New
Mexico; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the staff of Northwest Texas Healthcare System as an
expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
Price
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1889 was adopted by the House on May
31, 2021, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House