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To Honor and Recognize the 125th Anniversary of Mount Carmel Hospital
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WHEREAS, Mount Carmel Hospital is celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2011; and
WHEREAS, in the early 1880s, Dr. William Hawkes, President of the Board of the Columbus Medical College, recognized the need for another hospital in the growing city of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Hawkes enlisted the support of fellow Board member Dr. John Hamilton, who made Dr. Hawkes' vision a reality after his death with the construction on the new hospital began in the spring of 1885 in Franklinton; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Hamilton approached the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross in Notre Dame, Indiana, and asked them to manage the new hospital and on July 5, 1886, Mother Angela Gillespi and Sister Rufina Dunn arrived in Columbus to bring the new hospital to life; and
WHEREAS, Mount Carmel opened its doors on July 16, 1886, and was dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel whose feast was celebrated on that day; the hospital was named Hawkes Hospital of Mount Carmel in honor of Dr. Hawkes, and today is named Mount Carmel West hospital; and
WHEREAS, Mount Carmel Health System has grown over the past 125 years and includes Mount Carmel West hospital; Mount Carmel East hospital; Mount Carmel St. Ann's hospital; Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital; primary care and specialty physician practices; Mount Carmel College of Nursing; the Mount Carmel Foundation; MediGold, a Medicare Advantage plan; a community outreach program serving the poor and under-served; home care; palliative care; hospice care; and a range of ambulatory services and other healthcare programs and services;
WHEREAS, today, Mount Carmel is the second-largest healthcare system in central Ohio and serves more than a half million patients each year through state-of-the-art facilities, advanced technologies and the latest procedures to accomplish their mission of healing patients' minds, bodies and spirits, and improving the health of area communities; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby honor and recognize Mount Carmel Health System on its 125th anniversary and thanks the 8,000 associates, 1,500 physicians and 1,000 volunteers who serve our community each day.