PRINTER'S NO. 1589
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
345
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY REGAN, COHEN, FARINA, MURT, MILLARD, DONATUCCI,
WHEELAND, ROZZI, BAKER, KIRKLAND, HENNESSEY, DiGIROLAMO,
LONGIETTI, HELM, THOMAS, MILNE, DUSH AND SONNEY, MAY 14, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 14, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating June 3, 2015, as "World Clubfoot Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Hundreds of thousands of individuals, from every
country, suffer lives of disability when not receiving proper
treatment for clubfoot; and
WHEREAS, The late Dr. Ignacio Ponseti developed the low-cost,
nonsurgical, highly effective Ponseti Method that is now the
globally recognized standard of care for treating clubfoot
deformity; and
WHEREAS, Serious impediments to the delivery of the Ponseti
Method for treating clubfoot include stigma and ignorance about
clubfoot and lack of awareness that clubfoot is treatable; and
WHEREAS, The Ponseti International Association was
established in 2006 to realize the vision of a "world free of
untreated clubfoot deformity"; and
WHEREAS, Proclamation of a "world day" has been shown to be
an effective means for drawing global attention to specific
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
health problems and for promoting effective interventions; and
WHEREAS, June 3rd is the anniversary of the birth of Dr.
Ignacio Ponseti; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate June 3,
2015, as "World Clubfoot Day" in Pennsylvania on behalf of all
individuals who labor to free the world of untreated clubfoot
deformity.
20150HR0345PN1589 - 2 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7