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The Town of Cicero honored Cicero Health Commissioner Sue Grazzini on Tuesday. Jan. 11, 2022. Grazzini poses with Cicero officials and the Health Department staff. Photo courtesy of Gerardo Lopez

Cicero Board honors Health Commissioner Sue Grazzini

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Cicero Board honors Health Commissioner Sue Grazzini

The Town of Cicero Board of Trustees on Tuesday honored Health Commissioner Sue Grazzini for “effective supervision of the Health Department” since her appointment in 2012.

In a resolution applauding Grazzini, Town President Larry Dominick and the Trustees recognized Grazzini’s experience, and also the successful efforts of the Health Department’s entire team including the medical staff, administrators, employees and volunteers.

The recognition comes in the wake of two years of battling the COVID pandemic offering vaccinations, providing medical assistance, food distribution, and COVID testing. More than 169,000 people have been tested in Cicero since the pandemic began nearly two years ago.

“I want to thank Sue Grazzini for the vast amount of services that the Cicero Health Department offers to the community. The amount of health benefits our citizens receive is absolutely incredible, for families, for children, for seniors, for all of our residents,” Town President Larry Dominick said.

“People in the health and medical field have a very dangerous job responding to the deadly COVID virus. We have seen all kinds of people being infected and losing their lives to the COVID virus. There is a lot of confusing information being given to people from our Federal and State government but Sue and our Health Department have helped to sort through it all and ensure that our citizens are the best protected int he state.”

The Town of Cicero honored Cicero Health Commissioner Sue Grazzini on Tuesday. Jan. 11, 2022. Grazzini poses with Cicero officials and the Health Department staff. Photo courtesy of Gerardo Lopez
The Town of Cicero honored Cicero Health Commissioner Sue Grazzini on Tuesday. Jan. 11, 2022. Grazzini poses with Cicero officials and the Health Department staff. Photo courtesy of Gerardo Lopez

 

President Dominick thanked all of the Health Department’s employees and medical staff, too, crediting them all with the Health Department’s successes.

Grazzini, who has had 37 years of professional service in public health, is a graduate of Morton College Nursing. She began her career as a clinic nurse, perinatal nurse and school nurse before serving as Nursing Supervisor for 26 years at the Berwyn Health District. Grazzini has worked as a floor nurse on a medical/surgical neuro floor at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

“The Cicero Health Department is one of the first in the State of Illinois to offer COVID-19 immunizations. We were immunizing 500 to 600 per day and last Thursday, we administered 585 COVID vaccinations,” Grazzini told board members.

“Our community has come together as a family and everyone has worked together. That was very evident during his pandemic. All fo the departments and citizens pitched in when needed. Groceries and prescriptions were delivered to families that were quarantined or in isolation. Seniors were given rides to and from immunization sites. Cicero nurses with the Fire Department made home visits to immunize the homebound.”

Grazzini also praised the staff she works with. Each received a bouquet of flowers as an expression of the Town’s gratitude for their hard work.

President Dominick and Cicero Senior Center Director Diana Dominick also thanked Cicero Director of Health Management Vanessa Parrish, BHSM, for outstanding efforts to improve the health department, providing leadership and direction during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A graduate of Loyola University, Parrish recruited proper medical personnel, updated equipment, preparing the clinic to be ready with vaccines and Covid-19 testing for the residents of Cicero.

“With Vanessa’s efforts, our residents can now utilize a website and App to access Health Department services and make COVID appointments online,” President Dominick said.

Parrish also assists the Senior Center in organizing vaccinations programs and COVID-19 testing for the seniors of Cicero, the most vulnerable residents.

“The Cicero Health Department has achieved so much under Sue Grazzini’s leadership and we are very proud of that,” said Collector and Trustee Fran Reitz who introduced the Resolution.

“They have done so much not just to help protect our residents from the COVID pandemic but in also providing a wide range of services that most other communities do not offer. I am very proud of the wide range of health services we provide to our residents.”
Cicero Clerk Maria Punzo-Arias called the wide range of health services offered to Cicero residents “impressive and amazing.”

“All of you, from the nurses and medical staff to the administrators, have done an amazing job working with Health Commissioner Sue Grazzini. You make us all very proud,” Punzo-Arias said.

In addition to Grazzini and Parrish, the Cicero Board also thanked the hard work of the Health Department’s medical personnel, staff and volunteers. They include Medical Provider Jessica Setlak, Dentist Saema Qadri, Dental hygienist Kenia Ugalde, Nursing Supervisor Laura Rubio, registered nurses Suzanne Paulucci, Marissa Buscemi and Esperanza Diaz, Dental coordinator and Office Manager Marisol Escabi, Dental Assistants Jocelyn Nava and Franceslyn Cordova, front desk receptionists Karina Osorio, Lesley Sumeracki and Jennika Jimenez, and staff members Anthony Solano, Mia Hayes and Lupe Heredia.

La Junta de Cicero honra a la Comisionada de Salud Sue Grazzini

La Junta Directiva del municipio de Cicero honró el martes 11 de enero del 2022, a la Comisionada de Salud Sue Grazzini por su “supervisión efectiva del Departamento de Salud” desde su nombramiento en 2012.

En una resolución para celebrar el empeño de Grazzini, el Presidente Municipal Larry Dominick y los síndicos, reconocieron la experiencia de Grazzini y también los esfuerzos exitosos de todo el equipo del Departamento de Salud, incluido el personal médico, los administradores, los empleados y los voluntarios.

El reconocimiento se produce tras dos años de lucha contra la pandemia de COVID ofreciendo vacunas, brindando asistencia médica, distribuyendo alimentos y haciendo pruebas de COVID. Más de 169,000 personas se han hecho la prueba en Cicero desde que comenzó la pandemia hace casi dos años.

“Quiero agradecer a Sue Grazzini por la gran cantidad de servicios que el Departamento de Salud de Cicero ofrece a la comunidad. El número de beneficios de salud que reciben nuestros ciudadanos es absolutamente increíble, para las familias, los niños, las personas mayores, para todos nuestros residentes”, dijo el Presidente Larry Dominick.

“Las personas en el campo de la salud y la medicina tienen un trabajo muy peligroso para responder al mortal virus COVID. Hemos visto a todo tipo de personas infectarse y perder la vida a causa del virus COVID. Hay mucha información confusa que se les da a las personas por parte de nuestro gobierno federal y estatal, pero Sue y nuestro Departamento de Salud han ayudado a clasificar y organizar todos esos datos para garantizar que nuestros residentes sean los que estén mejor protegidos en el estado”.

El Presidente Dominick también agradeció a todos los empleados y al personal médico del Departamento de Salud dándoles crédito por los éxitos de ese departamento.

Grazzini, quien tiene 37 años de servicio profesional en salud pública, es graduada del Programa de Enfermería de Morton College. Comenzó su carrera como enfermera clínica, enfermera perinatal y enfermera escolar antes de servir como supervisora de enfermería durante 26 años en el Distrito de Salud de Berwyn. Grazzini ha trabajado como enfermera de planta en un piso neurológico médico/quirúrgico en el Hospital Mt. Sinaí.

“El Departamento de Salud de Cicero es uno de los primeros en el estado de Illinois en ofrecer vacunas contra el COVID-19. Estábamos vacunando de 500 a 600 pacientes por día y solo el jueves pasado, administramos 585 vacunas contra el COVID”, dijo Grazzini a los miembros de la junta.

“Nuestra comunidad se ha unido como una familia y todos han trabajado juntos. Eso fue muy evidente durante su pandemia. Todos los departamentos y ciudadanos colaboraron cuando fue necesario. Se entregaron comestibles y recetas a las familias que estaban en cuarentena o en aislamiento. Los adultos mayores fueron transportados hacia y desde los sitios de inmunización. Las enfermeras de Cicero con el Departamento de Bomberos hicieron visitas a domicilio para vacunar a los residentes confinados en sus hogares”.

Grazzini también elogió al personal con el que trabaja. Cada uno recibió un ramo de flores como expresión de la gratitud del municipio por su arduo trabajo.

El Presidente Dominick y la Directora del Centro para Personas Mayores de Cicero, Diana Dominick, también agradecieron a la Directora de Administración de Salud de Cicero, Vanessa Parrish, BHSM, por sus destacados esfuerzos para mejorar el departamento de salud, brindando liderazgo y dirección durante la pandemia de COVID-19.

Graduada de la Universidad de Loyola, Parrish reclutó al personal médico adecuado, actualizó el equipo y preparó la clínica para que estuviera lista con vacunas y pruebas de COVID-19 para los residentes de Cicero.

“Con los esfuerzos de Vanessa, nuestros residentes ahora pueden utilizar un sitio de internet y una aplicación para acceder a los servicios del Departamento de Salud y también para programar citas de COVID en línea”, dijo el Presidente Dominick.

Parrish también ayuda al Centro para Personas Mayores a organizar programas de vacunación y pruebas de COVID-19 para las personas mayores de Cicero, los residentes más vulnerables.

“El Departamento de Salud de Cicero ha logrado mucho bajo el liderazgo de Sue Grazzini y estamos muy orgullosos de eso”, dijo la Recaudadora y Síndica Fran Reitz, quien presentó la Resolución.

“Han hecho mucho no solo para ayudar a proteger a nuestros residentes de la pandemia de COVID, sino también para brindar una amplia gama de servicios que la mayoría de las otras comunidades no ofrecen. Estoy muy orgullosa de la amplia gama de servicios de salud que brindamos a nuestros residentes “,agregó.

Por su parte, la Secretaria Municipal de Cicero, Maria Punzo-Arias, calificó la amplia variedad de servicios de salud ofrecidos a los residentes de Cicero como “impresionantes y sorprendentes”.

“Todos ustedes, desde las enfermeras y el personal médico hasta los administradores, han hecho una labor increíble trabajando con la Comisionada de Salud Sue Grazzini. Nos hacen sentir muy orgullosos a todos”, dijo Punzo-Arias.

Además de Grazzini y Parrish, la Junta de Cicero también agradeció el arduo trabajo del personal médico, el personal y los voluntarios del Departamento de Salud. Incluyendo a la proveedora médica Jessica Setlak, la dentista Saema Qadri, la higienista dental Kenia Ugalde, la supervisora de enfermería Laura Rubio, las enfermeras registradas Suzanne Paulucci, Marissa Buscemi y Esperanza Diaz, la coordinadora dental y gerente de oficina Marisol Escabi, las asistentes dentales Jocelyn Nava y Franceslyn Cordova, las recepcionistas Karina Osorio, Lesley Sumeracki y Jennika Jimenez, y los miembros del personal Anthony Solano, Mia Hayes y Lupe Heredia.

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