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Senate
Resolution 536
By:
Senator Hooks of the 14th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending the physicians, staff, and volunteers of Sumter Regional
Hospital; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
on the evening of March 1, 2007, Sumter Regional Hospital of Americus, Georgia,
received extensive structural damage from tornado winds in a series of storms
that rocked the Southeast, damaging more than 400 homes and causing at least 20
casualties: nine in Georgia, including two in Americus, ten in Alabama, and one
in Missouri; and
WHEREAS,
the storm shattered the hospital's windows, overturned cars in the parking lot,
and hurled trees, rocks, and other debris through the air, stripping part of the
hospital's facade from the building; and
WHEREAS,
the Sumter Regional Hospital employees, in coordination with volunteers and
first responders from throughout the area, responded with the utmost
professionalism in the face of crisis and reacted with unusual speed and
efficiency to evacuate approximately 60 patients that were present in the
building on the night of the storm, three of which were in critical condition;
and
WHEREAS,
hospital employees were aided by medical personnel from Flint River Hospital in
Montezuma, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, and Crisp Regional
Hospital in Cordele who unhesitatingly stepped forward to assist in the
evacuation and admit Sumter patients into their care; and
WHEREAS,
despite the urgency and danger of the situation, every patient was evacuated
successfully due to the heroic actions of the Sumter Regional Hospital
personnel.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body join in
commending the physicians, staff, and volunteers of Sumter Regional Hospital for
their courageous and highly professional performance during the tornado of March
1, 2007, expressing gratitude for their invaluable service to the State of
Georgia and the United States, and extending to them their sincerest best wishes
for the future.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Sumter Regional Hospital.