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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The COVID-19 global pandemic has required health |
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| 6 | 7 | | care professionals to confront extraordinary, evolving, and |
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| 7 | 8 | | historic challenges, and the physicians, nurses, allied health care |
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| 8 | 9 | | staff, support staff, and administration of Northwest Texas |
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| 9 | 10 | | Healthcare System have, together as a professional health care |
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| 10 | 11 | | team, heroically stood on the front lines in the war against this |
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| 11 | 12 | | contagious and deadly virus, and they have resolutely persevered in |
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| 12 | 13 | | the face of tremendous adversity wrought by the unseen enemy; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, At the outset of the pandemic, hospitals throughout |
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| 14 | 15 | | Texas, including Northwest Texas Healthcare System, intently |
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| 15 | 16 | | focused on many matters, including preparedness measures, |
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| 16 | 17 | | infection control protocols and screenings, personal protective |
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| 17 | 18 | | equipment, and the coordination of response efforts with nearby |
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| 18 | 19 | | hospitals; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, The unwavering collective resolve and fortitude |
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| 20 | 21 | | demonstrated by the staff of Northwest Texas Healthcare System is |
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| 21 | 22 | | the latest chapter in its history of caring for its patients and the |
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| 22 | 23 | | community; established in 1924, Northwest Texas Healthcare System |
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| 23 | 24 | | is an acute care facility and medical center nationally known for |
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| 24 | 25 | | its heart, emergency, stroke, and pediatric services; an advanced |
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| 25 | 26 | | level III trauma facility, the emergency department has expanded to |
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| 26 | 27 | | include freestanding locations; and |
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| 27 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Although COVID-19 put a tremendous strain on |
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| 28 | 29 | | hospitals across the country, the professional team of Northwest |
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| 29 | 30 | | Texas Healthcare System worked together to provide medical care to |
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| 30 | 31 | | patients and to the community-at-large under extremely physically |
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| 31 | 32 | | and mentally exhausting circumstances; and |
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| 32 | 33 | | WHEREAS, In resolutely facing, adapting to, and overcoming |
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| 33 | 34 | | the ever-evolving and unprecedented health care circumstances |
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| 34 | 35 | | thrust upon them, all associated with the hospital are indeed |
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| 35 | 36 | | deserving of recognition for their tireless heroic work on the |
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| 36 | 37 | | front lines in the war against COVID-19; now, therefore, be it |
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| 37 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 38 | 39 | | Legislature hereby commend the physicians, nurses, and all |
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| 39 | 40 | | frontline personnel as well as the support staff and administration |
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| 40 | 41 | | of Northwest Texas Healthcare System for their outstanding, noble, |
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| 41 | 42 | | and heroic service to the people of Amarillo, the greater Texas |
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| 42 | 43 | | Panhandle, and the Tri-State region of Texas, Oklahoma, and New |
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| 43 | 44 | | Mexico; and, be it further |
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| 44 | 45 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 45 | 46 | | prepared for the staff of Northwest Texas Healthcare System as an |
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| 46 | 47 | | expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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