HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1983.12.08 - 11451REPORT December 8, 1983
BY: HEALTH & HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE-
Marilynn E. Gosling, Chairperson
RE: Miscellaneous Resolution #83299, Creating Awareness to
the Need for Organ Donors
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Health & Human Resources Committee, by Marilynn E. Gosling,
Chairperson, having reviewed Miscellaneous Resolution #83299, reports
with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted.
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Health & Human Resources
Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
HEALTH & HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
October 20, 1983
Miscellaneous Resolution # 83299
BY: Ruel E. McPherson, Oakland County Commissioner - District #9
RE: CREATING AWARENESS TO THE NEED FOR ORGAN DONORS
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF C(7.:17 ....'.ISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS there is a great need for organ donors as evidenced by
the fact that more than 8,000 patients in this county are waiting for a
kidney transplant but only about 2,000 will receive one this year because
of a shortage of donors; and
WHEREAS the need for donated eye tissue is equally critical as recipients
must often wait several months before eye tissue is available from a donor;
and
WHEREAS the need for skin for severely burned patients and for patients
requiring reconstructive surgery is increasing as is the need for nearly
all other organs as transplantation techniques become more advanced; and.
WHEREAS some progress has been made in educating the public on
the vital need for organ donors as evidenced by a state program to have
donor stickers attached to driver's licenses and a Congressional Resolution
proclaiming April 24-30, 1983 as "National Organ Donation Awareness Week"
however much more needs to be done particulary at the local level to get
the message to the people.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners urges law enforcement officers and medical personnel to establish
an on-going commitment to educate the public in Organ Donor Awareness.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to
all medical care facilities and law enforcement archriies in Oakland County.
Mr. Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Ruel E. McPherson
County Commissioner
District #9
#83299 October 20, 1983
Moved by McPherson supported by Sue Kuhn the resolution be adopted.
The Vice Chairperson referred the resolution to the Health and Human
Resources Committee. There were no objections.
#83299 December 8, 1983
8th day of 9_December 1983
ALLEN
CouniEy Clerk/Register of Deeds
Moved by Gosling supported by Calandro the Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Gosling supported by McPherson the resolution with report
attached be adopted.
AYES: Fortino, Gosling, Hobart, Jackson, R. Kuhn, S. Kuhn, Lanni,
Law, McConnell, McDonald, McPherson, Moffitt, Moore, Nelson, Olsen, Page, Perinoff,
Pernick, Price, Rewold, Wilcox, Aaron, Caddell, Calandro, Doyon, Foley. (26)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution with
report attached was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a Seal,
do hereby certify that have compared the annexed copy of
Miscellaneous Resolution #83299 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
at their meeting held on December 8, 1983
with the orginial record thereof now remaining in my office, and
that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the
whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my handand affixed the
seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
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