Senate Bill sb2362

    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2362

    By Senator Crist





    12-1190-06

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing the 20th Anniversary

  3         of the Shriners Hospital for Children in Tampa,

  4         Florida.

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  6         WHEREAS, in 1985 the Shriners Hospital for Children in

  7  Tampa, Florida, opened its doors to care for children with

  8  orthopaedic conditions, and

  9         WHEREAS, the hospital is a 60-bed pediatric orthopaedic

10  hospital providing comprehensive orthopaedic care to children

11  at no charge, without regard to race, religion, or

12  relationship to a Shriner, and

13         WHEREAS, the hospital is designed to incorporate

14  state-of-the-art equipment and advanced treatment programs

15  with the Shriners Hospitals' family-centered approach to care,

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17         WHEREAS, the hospital maintains a teaching affiliation

18  with the University of South Florida, and

19         WHEREAS, the hospital staff is dedicated to helping

20  young patients develop their capabilities at all levels -

21  physically, emotionally, and intellectually - so they can lead

22  fuller, more productive lives, and

23         WHEREAS, the hospital is involved in ongoing research

24  and is tackling the questions of musculoskeletal diseases of

25  children, and

26         WHEREAS, the hospital has spent more than $300 million

27  dollars in the past 20 years on medical treatment, salaries,

28  and services to the community, and

29         WHEREAS, the hospital has provided care to more than

30  35,000 of Florida's children in the past 20 years and will

31  care for more and more children in the future, NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2362
    12-1190-06




 1  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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 3         That the Florida Senate commends and celebrates the

 4  20th Anniversary of the Shriners Hospital for Children in

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