WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today was presented with the Rural Health Hero Award from the University of Illinois College of Medicine's National Center for Rural Health Profession. Durbin accepted the award at the University of Illinois College of Medicine-Rockford campus.
"I am honored to accept this Rural Health Hero award," said Durbin. "As a downstater, I know that the difference between care being five miles and 50 miles from home is a matter of life and death. Throughout rural Illinois, we face a shortage of doctors, nurses, dentists, mental health professionals, and EMTs. I have started initiatives like the Rural Roadmap and SIREN grants to ...