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RESOLUTION NO. 9255
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION
OF HOAG HOSPITAL TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF
INTENSIVE CARE BEDS
WHEREAS, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is
recognized as a major referral hospital with a distinguished
record of service to the citizens of Newport Beach and
surrounding areas; and
WHEREAS, the current utilization of the hospital's
Intensive Care Unit has reached a level where the care of
critically ill patients must at times be delayed or be
administered in a temporary holding unit; and
WHEREAS, projected growth in area population will
compound the already difficult circumstances under which
emergency medical care is provided;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of Newport Beach hereby wishes to go on record
in support of the application of Hoag Memorial Hospital
Presbyterian to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development for permission to expand its existing complement
of thirteen critical care beds to twenty beds.
ADOPTED this 19th day of December 1977.
ayor
. ATTEST:
City Clerk CJ
AERTIFIED ORRUK4
CITY CLERK
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THE CITY OP N BSWN DDO /bc
7EC 2 1 1977 12/20/77
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