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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 pandemic has required health care |
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| 6 | 7 | | providers to grapple with a range of unprecedented challenges, and |
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| 7 | 8 | | the physicians, nurses, administrators, and other staff members at |
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| 8 | 9 | | Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen have distinguished |
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| 9 | 10 | | themselves by providing Hidalgo County residents with the highest |
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| 10 | 11 | | standards of care; and |
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| 11 | 12 | | WHEREAS, In meeting this global health crisis, hospital |
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| 12 | 13 | | workers have been forced to adapt to rapidly changing |
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| 13 | 14 | | circumstances; as the scale of the pandemic has grown at an alarming |
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| 14 | 15 | | pace, medical professionals have attended to increasingly crowded |
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| 15 | 16 | | emergency rooms, hospital wards, and intensive care units, where |
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| 16 | 17 | | they have continued to heroically perform their duties under |
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| 17 | 18 | | difficult and extremely stressful conditions; and |
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| 18 | 19 | | WHEREAS, The dedicated staff members at Rio Grande Regional |
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| 19 | 20 | | Hospital have met these challenges with tremendous resolve; this |
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| 20 | 21 | | includes not only physicians, nurses, and other frontline |
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| 21 | 22 | | personnel, but also those in leadership positions, who have |
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| 22 | 23 | | developed and implemented new strategies for navigating the ongoing |
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| 23 | 24 | | crisis; and |
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| 24 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Through their exemplary work, the accomplished |
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| 25 | 26 | | professionals at Rio Grande Regional Hospital have brought hope to |
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| 26 | 27 | | their community in this time of uncertainty, and in so doing, they |
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| 27 | 28 | | have earned the heartfelt gratitude of the Texans they serve; now, |
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| 28 | 29 | | therefore, be it |
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| 29 | 30 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 30 | 31 | | Legislature hereby honor the physicians, nurses, administrators, |
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| 31 | 32 | | and other staff members at Rio Grande Regional Hospital for their |
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| 32 | 33 | | inspiring efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic and commend them on |
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| 33 | 34 | | a job well done; and, be it further |
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| 34 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 35 | 36 | | prepared for the hospital as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 36 | 37 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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