[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 82 (Friday, May 1, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E407]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING SWEDISHAMERICAN HOSPITAL FOR SHARING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
                 EQUIPMENT WITH THE ROCKFORD COMMUNITY

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                           HON. CHERI BUSTOS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 1, 2020

  Mrs. BUSTOS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor SwedishAmerican 
Hospital for its kindness and generosity in sharing personal protective 
equipment with at least 15 long-term care and rehabilitation facilities 
in Rockford, Illinois. The hospital recognized a need in the community 
and decided to use their resources to step up.
  SwedishAmerican Hospital has received numerous donations in the past 
two weeks, allowing it to share gloves, hair nets, masks, Lysol wipes 
and other items. When other facilities were running low on supplies and 
did not have the capacity to organize and accept donations themselves, 
SwedishAmerican Hospital stepped in and helped ensure that supplies 
were delivered. For more than a century, this hospital has been serving 
the Rockford community in many ways. The people working at 
SwedishAmerican Hospital are Hometown Heroes for all they do to serve 
patients and their community.
  It is because of community leaders such as SwedishAmerican Hospital 
that I am especially proud to serve Illinois' 17th Congressional 
District. Madam Speaker, I would like to again formally recognize 
SwedishAmerican Hospital for identifying the need in the Rockford 
community and filling that need.

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