CONGRATULATING ST. BERNARDS HEALTHCARE ON ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARY

On 2024-12-19, Representative Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1) delivered a floor speech titled "CONGRATULATING ST. BERNARDS HEALTHCARE ON ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARY" in the House. The speech addressed healthcare. It referenced legislation: S100.

CONGRATULATING ST. BERNARDS HEALTHCARE ON ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARY

Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 189 (Thursday, December 19, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 189 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Page E1307] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] CONGRATULATING ST. BERNARDS HEALTHCARE ON ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARY ______ HON. ERIC A. ``RICK'' CRAWFORD of arkansas in the house of representatives Thursday, December 19, 2024 Mr. CRAWFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of St. Bernards Healthcare, which celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2025. St. Bernards, based in Jonesboro, Arkansas, began caring for patients in 1900, in response to a malaria fever epidemic. A group of Olivetan Benedictine Sisters received a request to care for the sick, and they purchased a six-room house to be converted into a hospital. That house is now a hospital that stands as a 454-bed regional medical center, the largest of its kind in eastern Arkansas and southeast Missouri. Every year, 625,000 patients across 23 counties depend on St. Bernards's 100 locations and more than 4,700 team members to provide exceptional care. St. Bernards strives to uphold the mission set by its founding Sisters, who still sponsor it today--``to provide Christ-like healing to the community through education, treatment, and health services.'' Mr. Speaker, please join me in celebrating St. Bernards Healthcare's 125th anniversary. ____________________