[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 22 (Wednesday, March 2, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E340]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR THE DOCTORS, NURSES AND STAFF OF ST. MARY MERCY 
                                HOSPITAL

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                       HON. THADDEUS G. McCOTTER

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 2, 2005

  Mr. McCOTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge and honor the 
doctors, nurses and staff of St. Mary Mercy Hospital, as they celebrate 
in receiving the 2005 HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital Award for 
Clinical Excellence.
  In receiving the award, St. Mary Mercy Hospital was ranked in the top 
5 percent in the Nation for overall clinical excellence. The hospital 
also received the Health Grades Distinguished Hospital Award for 
Patient Safety, ranking them in the top 2 percent in the Nation for 
patient safety outcomes.
  I am proud to report that the awards place St. Mary Mercy Hospital as 
1 of 30 hospitals in the Nation to receive both designations within the 
same year. It is a testament to the dedication, devotion, and 
determination of the men and women who daily provide a high quality of 
care to patients.
  Mr. Speaker, the heritage of the Felician Sisters is the foundation 
for St. Mary Mercy Hospital, which for the past 45 years, has been a 
premier provider of healthcare in our community. Founded by Blessed 
Mary Angela, whose care for the poor and homeless in Warsaw, Poland 
gave birth to the Felician congregation, the Felician Sisters were 
dedicated to a ministry of healing and service, based on Mary Angela's 
mission of ``responding to the needs of the times.''
  In the spirit of Mary Angela and the Felician Sisters I stand today 
to commend and applaud the great doctors, nurses and staff of St. Mary 
Mercy Hospital for their national recognition and accomplishments. More 
importantly I praise these angels of medicine for upholding the oath of 
Hippocrates by ``maintaining the utmost respect for every human life.''

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