HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 42

(By Delegates Conley, Rohrbach, J. Kelly, Holstein, Anderson, Reynolds, Toney, J. Pack, Nestor, Hott, Pritt, Barnhart, Booth, Bruce, Ferrell, J. Jeffries, Jennings, Keaton, Longanacre, Mallow, Phillips, Skaff, Storch, B. Ward, G. Ward and Tully)

[Introduced March 11, 2021]

Recognizing the roles and the contributions of all of the members of West Virginia’s medical profession for their exemplary and heroic work under very difficult situations during this COVID-19 Pandemic and their role in providing quality health care for the public.

Whereas, The medical profession of West Virginia, is essential to West Virginia’s health care system, providing high-quality, cost-effective care for our residents; and

Whereas, The COVID-19 Pandemic has created a medical situation the likes of which have not been experienced in our country and state in 100 years; and

Whereas, West Virginia’s medical profession became our first responders on the front lines to face the effects of this deadly virus and to provide care to its victims, while they risked contracting this virus and strived to develop the methods of treating the victims, developing means and methods of protection from its grip; and

Whereas, West Virginia’s medical profession performed to treat COVID-19 victims in every setting in which treatment is delivered, including all hospital services, emergency rooms, doctors’ offices the offices of dentists, podiatrists, ophthalmologists, and plastic surgeons; ambulatory surgical centers; paramedics and other medical facilities, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

The roles and the contributions of all of the members of West Virginia’s medical profession for their exemplary and heroic work under very difficult situations during this COVID-19 Pandemic and their role in providing quality health care for the public are hereby recognized with the thanks of a grateful state.