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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
CONGRATULATING THE NEW ROSELAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ON BEING THE RECIPIENT OF THE COVID WARRIOR AWARD
WHEREAS, Roseland Community Hospital officially opened in 1924 and provided the community with quality medical and healthcare services for 93 years; and
WHEREAS, Roseland Community Hospital continues to provide medical services to all in need, including neighborhoods close in proximity Fernwood, Lilydale, Princeton Park, Roseland, and a portion of West Chesterfield, with an accumulative demographic population makeup for these neighborhoods being 96.4 percent black; and
WHEREAS, Tim Eagan served as Chief Restructuring Officer at Roseland Community Hospital and on Monday, February 10, 2014, was named as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Roseland Hospital; and
WHEREAS, on February 28, 2017, The Chicago Healthcare Executives Forum recognized and presented Tim Egan with the 2016 American College of Healthcare Executives Regents Healthcare Leadership Award only given to leaders who have provided sustainable change and have a positive impact throughout the community in which one serves; and
WHEREAS, Roseland Community Hospital in 2018 rebranded and its new name became, "The New Roseland Community Hospital"; and
WHEREAS, on December 31, 2019, COVID-19 was first detected in China; and
WHEREAS, January 24, 2020, marked the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, declared COVID-19 as a pandemic; and
WHEREAS, on April 6, 2020, The New Roseland Community Hospital mobile testing unit was opened at our very own Cook County jail to test employees and help control COVID-19 in our Cook County facilities; and
WHEREAS, December 1, 2020 was a major upsurge of patients visiting hospitals throughout Chicago; and
WHEREAS, emergency room staff at The New Roseland Community Hospital remained steadfast to the calling of their medical duties. Staff members worked toget...
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