[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 16, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E20]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          HONORING 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 16, 2008

  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the 100th 
anniversary of Hurley Medical Center in my hometown of Flint, MI. 
Hurley Medical Center kicked off a yearlong celebration on January 11.
  In 1908, James J. Hurley left $55,000 and property to the city of 
Flint to establish a hospital to treat everyone, regardless of their 
ability to pay. The first Board of Managers, J. Dallas Dort, Charles A. 
Lippincott, Edward D. Black, William E. Martin, and George L. Walker, 
implemented his vision. Mrs. Flint P. Smith organized the first 
auxiliary to raise money for the fledgling hospital. Their vision and 
hard work paid off and the hospital opened its doors on December 19, 
1908.
  Today Hurley Medical Center is a 443-bed teaching medical center 
annually treating over 20,000 persons for inpatient care and 76,000 
emergency room cases. It is the only Level I trauma center and Level 
III neonatal intensive care unit in Genesee County. In addition to 
these two services, Hurley Medical Center offers the region's only care 
centers in the following specialties: burn center, maternal and fetal 
care center, pediatric intensive care unit, pediatric emergency room, 
fertility and reproductive medicine center, and kidney transplantation 
center.
  The 2,500 employees of Hurley Medical Center work very hard to 
provide quality healthcare to their patients. The medical center has 
received the 2007 HealthGrades Critical Care Excellence Award, and the 
2007 ``Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Achievement in Organ 
Donation'' from Michigan Gift of Life. In 2005 they received the 
Governor's Award for Quality in Inpatient Setting, Ambulatory Setting, 
and Emergency Department. The Hurley Asthma Center has also received 
the MHA Ludwig Community Benefit Award.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to join me in 
congratulating Hurley Medical Center for providing outstanding 
healthcare to the Flint community for the past 100 years. Their mission 
statement is ``Clinical Excellence, Service to People.'' Every person 
living in Genesee County has been touched, either directly or through a 
loved one, by the commitment of the employees, affiliated healthcare 
providers and volunteers of Hurley Medical Center to live up to their 
motto. They continue to exemplify James Hurley's vision to provide 
quality healthcare to everyone regardless of their income. I am 
grateful for their compassion and wish them the best for the next 100 
years.

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