[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 111 (Thursday, September 8, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1793]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


       TRIBUTE TO TRINITAS HOSPITAL'S COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER

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                          HON. DONALD M. PAYNE

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 8, 2005

  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the contribution of 
Trinitas Hospital to my home State of New Jersey. Their commitment to 
the health and health care of all New Jerseyans is laudable, and most 
worthy of our recognition in this chamber here today.
  On Tuesday, September 13, 2005, they will dedicate their brand new, 
$28 million, five-story Trinitas Comprehensive Cancer Center, which 
will house the Hospital's state-of-the-art Medical and Radiation 
Oncology programs, including technology that will be the first of its 
kind in the State, giving their staff the resources they need to ensure 
that cancer care in New Jersey is the best in the Nation.
  Trinitas Hospital is a full service healthcare facility and a 
Catholic teaching hospital sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint 
Elizabeth. They care for and serve many of my friends and neighbors in 
my district.
  The hospital already serves our community by offering the greatest of 
cancer care, providing services from diagnostics to chemotherapy 
treatment to patient and family counseling, as well as everything in 
between. In addition, the Hospital conducts a large number of outreach 
programs for the community to screen for breast, prostate, cervical, 
and colon cancers, and to educate community members about cancer 
detection and prevention. In a State like ours, where New Jersey 
residents have a 16 percent higher incidence of cancer that the 
national average, education and prevention are the keys to overcoming 
the battle against this insidious disease, and Trinitas Hospital is, 
and continues to be, a leader in this all-important fight.
  I would also like to commend them for their efforts to raise 
awareness about minority health disparities in New Jersey, and to offer 
services to fill the gap in health care quality for our minority 
citizens. Their concern about the higher incidence of cancer among 
minorities led to the establishment of the Breast Health Outreach 
program, which provides crucial information on cancer prevention to 
thousands of minority women each year.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me as I recognize Trinitas Hospital 
and the men and women there who are dedicated to making our community a 
better place; and I encourage my colleagues to join me in sending our 
congratulatory best wishes as they dedicate their new Comprehensive 
Cancer Center facility.

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