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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, The Texas Bleeding Disorders Coalition serves as a unified voice for the
bleeding disorders community of Texas. They work to ensure patients with rare genetic bleeding
disorders have access to high quality medical care at Hemophilia Treatment Centers, access to all
clotting medications, and access to the ancillary services; and
WHEREAS, these bleeding disorders, which share the inability to form a proper blood clot,
are characterized by extended bleeding after injury, surgery, or trauma; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Department of Health and Human Services designated March 2016
as National Bleeding Disorders month. And members have currently filed a bill in the Senate and
the House to recognize March as Bleeding Disorders Awareness month in perpetuity; and
WHEREAS, this Awareness Month will foster a greater sense of community and shared
purpose among individuals with all inheritable bleeding disorders and will elevate awareness of
and engagement in the inheritable bleeding disorders journey beyond our community to the
general public, enabling the prevention of illness, unnecessary procedures, and disability; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DALE ROSS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN,
TEXAS, do hereby proclaim March 2019 as
BLEEDING DISORDERS AWARENESS MONTH
In Georgetown, Texas