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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING SOUTH COUNTY ARTIFICIAL LIMB & BRACE ON BEING

NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR FORTY YEARS OF DEDICATED AND EXEMPLARY

TREATMENT OF VETERANS ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER PATIENTS IN THE

LOCAL COMMUNITY

     Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, Crowley, Kettle, Felag, and Picard

     Date Introduced: March 08, 2016

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, South County Artificial Limb & Brace (SCAL) was recently honored and

recognized by the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association in its esteemed monthly journal,

the O&P Almanac, for forty years of devoted, distinguished and superb service to those in need of

orthotics and prosthetics; and

     WHEREAS, Robert James and his wife, Lois, founded South County Artificial Limb &

Brace in 1976, with Robert serving as clinician and Lois, as office administrator. Prior to the

founding of the company, Robert took part in a joint Boston inter-hospital and Veterans

Administration study and investigation that closely followed amputees from surgery to the

placement of permanent prosthesis. This experience helped Mr. James to understand the needs of

his patients and proved to be a significant incentive to his desire to create and build the best

possible orthotic and prosthetic company, one completely committed to providing patients with

the best artificial limbs and braces in existence; and

     WHEREAS, South County Artificial Limb & Brace is a family run business

headquartered in Wakefield, Rhode Island, with satellite offices in Woonsocket, and Plainfield,

Connecticut. In addition to founders Robert and Lois James, their son Josh serves as Clinical

Director and what was once a three person staff has now grown to include two office

administrators, a billing expert and a lab technician. They all take pride in treating their patients

as members of their family and are proud of the trust each patient gives them; and

     WHEREAS, South County Artificial Limb & Brace receives most of its patients from

local hospitals, including the VA Hospital in Providence. They work closely with amputation

patients before surgery and follow them closely after surgery in order to monitor residual limb

shrinkage. Their work product is highly respected by peers and is second-to-none. Almost

everything is hand fabricated in-house. In the words of Clinical Director Josh James, "a local

wound care center recommends SCAL because none of the facility's amputees wind up there with

problematic wounds"; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby congratulates South County Artificial Limb & Brace on being recognized for forty years

of devoted and exemplary treatment of VA and other patients in the local community; and be it

further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Josh James, BOCPO and CPO of South

County Artificial Limb & Brace.

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