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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
SUPPORTING, RECOGNIZING AND KEEPING THE ELEANOR SLATER | |
HOSPITAL/ZAMBARANO OPEN AND OPERATIONAL AND FOR ITS DEDICATED | |
SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senator Jessica de la Cruz | |
Date Introduced: March 02, 2021 | |
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
1 | WHEREAS, Since 1905, the Eleanor Slater Hospital/Zambarano has been serving the |
2 | citizens of the State of Rhode Island by furnishing outstanding health care services to those |
3 | Rhode Islanders who are in the greatest need, including geriatric patients, patients with |
4 | developmental disabilities, and those with spinal cord injuries; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Eleanor Slater Hospital/Zambarano serves as an optimal model for all long- |
6 | term care facilities, providing services for individuals living with developmental disabilities and |
7 | co-occurring medical conditions; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Zambarano cares for many patients on ventilators which requires critical |
9 | care medicine. This includes not only specialized equipment but staff who are competent and well |
10 | trained in ventilator care, which no other facility in the state is as well-equipped to handle as |
11 | Zambarano; and |
12 | WHEREAS, The staff at Zambarano work tirelessly to ensure a quality existence for all |
13 | patients, and to convey the creditable and commendable efforts that go on each and every day at |
14 | the hospital in order to provide comfort to patients' family members. Many of the vulnerable |
15 | patients at the site require around-the-clock care from the staff, whose relatives have said become |
16 | 'like family' to them; now, therefore be it |
17 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby supports and |
18 | recognizes the dedicated and essential services provided at the Eleanor Slater |
19 | Hospital/Zambarano and supports all efforts to keep it open as there is no other place in the state |
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1 | to care for these individuals and extends its sincere gratitude and deep appreciation to the |
2 | hospital's staff for their laudable efforts on behalf of all long-term care patients; and be it further |
3 | RESOLVED, That this Senate hereby urges continued support for Zambarano in order to |
4 | ensure that it remains an exemplary long-term health care facility for the benefit of all Rhode |
5 | Islanders; and be it further |
6 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
7 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Governor of the State of Rhode Island, the |
8 | Director of the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, |
9 | and Hospitals (BHDDH), and the staff of the Eleanor Slater Hospital/Zambarano Unit. |
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