[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 114 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1779]
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 HONORING THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF UPLAND, CALIFORNIA ON 
                          ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. GARY G. MILLER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 5, 1999

  Mr. GARY MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay 
tribute to San Antonio Community Hospital of Upland, California which 
will be celebrating on August 14, 1999 its 75th year of providing 
comprehensive, quality health care. From its humble beginnings as a 
small community hospital in 1907, San Antonio has grown into a 
predominant health care leader in the western Inland Empire in Southern 
California.
  Today, nearly 2,000 professional, technical and service personnel at 
their 332-bed facility provide a wide array of medical services, while 
utilizing the very latest technologies. The 500 plus-member medical 
staff includes many of the region's leading physicians and specialists 
who make San Antonio an exceptional hospital. In addition, San Antonio 
nurses have earned a reputation as compassionate, responsive 
professionals who continue to meet strict educational and professional 
standards.
  Over the years, San Antonio's logo of a growing plant has become a 
familiar mark in the community conveying everything the hospital 
represents. In the hospital's own words, the stalk and leaves express 
``a feeling of a living, growing organization, consistent with the life 
mending role the hospital plays. The sturdy central stem, symbolize the 
elements of the hospital's structure--Trustees, Medical Staff, and 
Employees. The complete symbol recalls the cooperative efforts needed 
to accomplish the hospital's primary goal of securing the patient's 
well being.''
  At a time when the nation's top concern is achieving quality health 
care, San Antonio Community Hospital is a shining beacon of excellence 
in patient care, services, and facilities that respond to consumer and 
physician needs.
  I know my colleagues join me in honoring San Antonio Community 
Hospital on their 75th Anniversary and wish them many more years of 
continued success.

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