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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
21-137
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLULMBIA
November 3, 2015
To recognize the tremendous impact that pediatric medical imaging and radiation has on children’s health care and declare November 8, 2015 as the “International Day of Radiology” in the District of Columbia.
WHEREAS, the International Day of Radiology, sponsored by the American College of Radiology, European Society of Radiology, and the Radiologic Society of North America, is celebrating the 120th anniversary of the discovery of the X-ray by Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen and the important role medical imaging and radiation oncology serve in health care;
WHEREAS, Children’s National Health Services Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology will designate November 6, 2015 to celebrate the International Day of Radiology, which this year is dedicated to pediatric imaging;
WHEREAS, Children’s National Health Services Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology has one of the few pediatric radiology programs in the United States with several physicists on staff, confirming patient safety through the careful monitoring of all equipment;
WHEREAS, approximately 130,000 diagnostic imaging studies on children are performed each year at Children’s National Health Services Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology, playing a critical role in the detection, diagnosis, and management of a wide variety of diseases affecting children; and
WHEREAS, medical imaging reduces the number of invasive surgeries, unnecessary hospital admissions, and lengths of hospital stays and helps lower health care costs of Americans.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “International Day of Radiology Recognition Resolution of 2015”.
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia declares November 8, 2015 as “International Day of Radiology” in the District of Columbia, recognizing and honoring Children’s National Health Services Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology for its invaluable contributions to improve pediatric radiology on behalf of the residents of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in the District of Columbia Register.
