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A RESOLUTION congratulating Truman Medical Center East upon the completion of its Truman East Care Centre and Ambulatory/Emergency Services Renovation/Expansion Project.
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97 COURTESY RESOLUTIONS, TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER
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IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION congratulating Truman Medical Center East upon the completion of its Truman East Care Centre and Ambulatory/Emergency Services Renovation/Expansion Project.
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RESOLUTION # 11780, June 9, 1997
INTRODUCED BY Victor E. Callahan, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, Truman Medical Center (TMC) East has been providing health care to the residents of Eastern Jackson County since the mid-1800's; and,
WHEREAS, TMC East manages and operates the Jackson County Health Department in Independence, and is a primary teaching institution for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Health Sciences; and,
WHEREAS, TMC East also meets the demands of a growing elderly population through the Gerontology Fellowship program by enhancing the quality of life and care of its residents; and,
WHEREAS, TMC East is now responding to the increased demand for health care with expanded ambulatory clinics and emergency room and ancillary services; and,
WHEREAS, the new Truman East Care Centre is a state-of-the-art health facility housing long-term care residents, replacing the 1908 and 1930 buildings which are being converted into new offices for the Department of Family and Community Medicine and a number of ancillary services; and,
WHEREAS, TMC's project team consisted of architects Wilson Johnson Associates of Overland Park and By Design of Kansas City, project manager J.E. Dunn Construction Company of Kansas City, and DiCarlo Construction of Kansas City; and,
WHEREAS, on June 20, 1997, the fiftieth anniversary of the Truman Doctrine, TMC East dedicates the new Truman East Care Centre and Ambulatory/Emergency Services Renovation/Expansion by reaffirming its commitment toward providing top-quality health care into the twenty-first century; and,
WHEREAS, the "Tradition of Excellence" of Truman Medical Center, Inc., its Board of Directors and Board of Governors, Truman Medical Center East Associates, medical/dental faculty/residents, and auxiliary/volunteers, is now carried on as TMC East continues to serve the ever growing and changing needs of the Eastern Jackson County community; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature hereby congratulates Truman Medical Center East upon the completion of its Truman East Care Center and Ambulatory/Emergency Services Renovation/Expansion Project, and takes great pride in acknowledging TMC as an outstanding health care facility which promotes a consistently high quality of life for the citizens of Jackson County...Attorney
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 11780 of June 9, 1997 was duly passed on ___________June 9___________, 1997 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8__________ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining ______0_______ Absent ______1______
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Date Mary Jo Brogoto, Clerk of Legislature