[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 40 (Tuesday, April 8, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E596]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SALUTE TO THE CINCINNATI BURNS INSTITUTE

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 8, 1997

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Shriners 
Hospitals for Children and the Cincinnati Burns Institute for their 
continuing commitment to the treatment and care of burn-injured 
children in the Cincinnati area, and to congratulate the Shriners on 
their 75th anniversary. We thank them for the vision and service that 
they have so generously given to the Greater Cincinnati community.
  The Shriners Hospitals for Children is a network of 22 hospitals, 19 
orthopedic units, and 3 burns institutes, offering specialized medical 
care to children up to the age of 18. The Cincinnati Burns Institute is 
one of the Shriners Hospitals specializing in acute and rehabilitative 
care of children suffering from burn injuries. As a regional referral 
hospital, the Cincinnati unit serves children who live within a 1,000-
mile radius of Greater Cincinnati.
  The mission of the Shriners is to minimize the devastation of burn 
injuries and enhance the patient's potential and quality of life. The 
Shriners provide family-centered and holistic pediatric burn care of 
the highest quality. And, by providing all medical care to patients at 
no cost to them or their parents or a third party, the Shriners 
Hospitals and Burns Institutes not only care emotionally for their 
patients, but financially as well. Through public education and 
prevention efforts, the Cincinnati Burns Institute, along with the 
Shriners, has been instrumental in raising public awareness in the 
management of pediatric burns.
  The leadership of these truly dedicated organizations is an asset to 
our community and to our Nation. All of us in Cincinnati congratulate 
the Shriners Hospitals for Children on their 75th anniversary. We are 
grateful for all they have given to Greater Cincinnati.

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