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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | April 25, 2023 04:30 PM |
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| From: | Representative Paul Schemel |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Recognizing May 7 - 13 as 'National Hospital Week’ |
| Despite unprecedented stressors, Pennsylvania’s hospitals continue to be world-class care providers, national innovators, quality employers, and key economic drivers. More than a quarter-of-a-million Pennsylvanians work in the commonwealth’s hospitals, providing 24/7/365 care for our families, friends, neighbors, and colleagues when they need it most. They have been unwavering in their commitment despite wave after wave of intense challenge—the opioid epidemic, the COVID pandemic, the behavioral health crisis—even in the face of extraordinary workforce shortages. Hospital professionals share our joy and support us in our pain. Last year alone, the commonwealth’s maternity wards delivered more than 124,000 babies and PA trauma centers saved more than 46,000 endangered lives—and that’s in addition to the care hospitals provided during nearly 5.4 million emergency department visits and 1.5 million in-patient stays. For these reasons, I plan to introduce a concurrent resolution recognizing May 7 – 13, 2023 as “National Hospital Month” in Pennsylvania. Please join me in co-sponsoring this concurrent resolution and honoring the hardworking men and women who dedicate their professional skill and energy to caring for the commonwealth’s citizens—including your families and mine—when we need it most. |
Introduced as HR99