SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 51

(By Senators Cann, Boley, Wells, Kessler (Mr. President), Plymale, Stollings, Jenkins and D. Hall)

Recognizing the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center for its commitment to excellence in providing care to our veterans.

    Whereas, The Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center (LAJVAMC), named after Louis A. Johnson, Secretary of Defense for the Truman Administration, is located adjacent to the Veterans Memorial Park and the West Virginia State Nursing Facility in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and was initially dedicated on December 7, 1950, and enhanced with a clinical addition in 1989; and

    Whereas, The LAJVAMC is a Level II complexity facility, serving a veteran population of approximately seventy thousand in North Central West Virginia and neighboring counties in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland; and

    Whereas, The LAJVAMC provides inpatient services such as acute medicine, surgery, acute psychiatry, Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (SARRTP), PTSD Residential Rehabilitation Program (PRRP), Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (PRRTP) and nursing home care; and

    Whereas, The LAJVAMC provides outpatient services such as ambulatory surgery, audiology, cardiology, dental, dermatology, diabetes, ENT, gastroenterology, general internal medicine, general surgery, gynecology, hematology/oncology, infectious disease, nephrology, nutrition, occupational therapy, ophthalmology, optometry, pain, physical therapy, podiatry, primary care, prosthetics, behavioral medicine (including substance abuse, telepsychiatry, PTSD, etc.), pulmonology, recreation therapy, rheumatology, social work, speech pathology, urology and vascular surgery; and

    Whereas, The LAJVAMC hosts several Programs of Excellence which have received local, state and national recognition including the Community and Rural Healthcare Program, the Women’s Healthcare Program, the Tele-Health Program and the Homeless Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities; and

    Whereas, From providing the most advanced medical care to providing valet parking upon arrival, the LAJVAMC provides a standard of care and an attention to detail that is unmatched by most; and

    Whereas, The unparalleled dedication and commitment of the staff and management at the LAJVAMC, who strive every day to give veterans the care and attention they have earned, is what makes this VA one of the best in the United States; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate:

    That the Senate hereby recognizes the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center for its commitment to excellence in providing care to our veterans; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Senate acknowledges and appreciates the staff and management at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center for their dedicated public service; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center.