Full Text of HR0388 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish
to recognize Morris A. Kugler M.D. of | 4 | | Belleville on his 51 years of service as a
surgeon; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kugler was affectionately known to many during | 6 | | his childhood
in Okawville as "Lad"; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kugler attended school at Southern Illinois
| 8 | | University Carbondale and then the University of Illinois | 9 | | College of Medicine; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, After graduation, Dr. Kugler started an | 11 | | internship at Rush
Presbyterian St. Luke Hospital; he was
then | 12 | | drafted into the United States Military as a flight surgeon and | 13 | | served from 1965 to 1966; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kugler then served at Scott Air Force Base for | 15 | | a year;
it was followed by his surgical residency at the Edward | 16 | | Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital and
the Loyola | 17 | | University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kugler's first practice was in Savannah, | 19 | | Georgia
from 1972 to 1976; in 1976, he started a practice in | 20 | | the metro-east
area to be closer to his mother, who lived in |
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| 1 | | Okawville; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, At his peak, Dr. Kugler performed 600 surgeries | 3 | | per
year; he typically had four to six surgeries a day at | 4 | | different
hospitals; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kugler started the Breast Health Center at | 6 | | Memorial Hospital in Belleville
in order to provide faster | 7 | | service to patients; through
a complete service of examination, | 8 | | diagnosis, and biopsy women
receive their results in a day, not | 9 | | a month; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In recent years, Dr. Kugler has become alarmed at | 11 | | the number of physicians leaving the metro-east area due to the | 12 | | growing
cost of insurance; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kugler would like to see graduates of the | 14 | | Southern Illinois University School of Medicine perform their | 15 | | residency in the metro-east area; he continuously works to | 16 | | obtain grants and donations to help fund residency
programs in | 17 | | metro-east hospitals, which he believes will help
combat the | 18 | | reduced number of physicians in the area; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
| 21 | | recognize Morris A. Kugler M.D. on his 51 years of service as a
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| 1 | | surgeon and for
everything he has done for the metro-east area | 2 | | and the State of Illinois; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Dr. Kugler as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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