HR 9083

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing Dr. Barth A. Green and his
3	colleagues at the University of Miami Global Institute for
4	Community Health and Development and Project Medishare for
5	Haiti, Inc.
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7	WHEREAS, in 1994, Dr. Barth A. Green cofounded Project
8	Medishare for Haiti, Inc., in an effort to provide quality
9	healthcare and development services for the citizens of Haiti,
10	serving over 85,000 individuals before the devastating
11	earthquake hit the country in 2010, and
12	WHEREAS, Dr. Barth A. Green is also the cofounder of the
13	University of Miami Global Institute for Community Health and
14	Development, which is a university-wide program focused on
15	improving and sustaining human and economic health in the
16	Western Hemisphere, and
17	WHEREAS, in response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Dr.
18	Barth A. Green and his colleagues at the Global Institute for
19	Community Health and Development established a massive relief
20	effort, and
21	WHEREAS, in a collaborative effort, the University of Miami
22	Global Institute/Project Medishare field hospital was opened in
23	Haiti as the first referral center for severe critical care and
24	trauma cases, treating over 30,000 patients and performing more
25	than 1,500 emergency surgeries with a rotating medical staff of
26	5,000 volunteers from around the world, and
27	WHEREAS, since relocating the operations of the field
28	hospital to the Hospital Bernard Mevs in downtown Port-au-Prince
29	and collaborating with the Haitian-run facility, more than
30	45,000 additional patients have been treated, and
31	WHEREAS, Dr. Barth A. Green and his colleagues at both the
32	University of Miami Global Institute for Community Health and
33	Development and Project Medishare for Haiti, Inc., have been
34	instrumental in increasing access to lifesaving health care for
35	the citizens of Haiti, NOW, THEREFORE,
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37	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
38	Florida:
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40	That Dr. Barth A. Green and his colleagues at the
41	University of Miami Global Institute for Community Health and
42	Development and Project Medishare for Haiti, Inc., are
43	recognized for their humanitarian efforts and commended for
44	their steadfast dedication to the provision of health care to
45	the citizens of Haiti.

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