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Beyond the Ozarks

Cherokee Nation to Dedicate New Outpatient Health Center

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich,

Kyle Kellams

Published October 15, 2019 at 2:00 PM CDT

The Cherokee Nation's new outpatient health center under construction earlier this year in Tahlequah.

The new four-story, multi-million dollar Cherokee Nation outpatient health center, set to open in phases Oct. 21, is located on the W.W. Hastings Hospital campus in Tahlequah. The new faciltiy will offer critically needed health services to hundreds of thousands Cherokees and other tribal members.

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Jacqueline Froelich

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.

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Kyle Kellams

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.

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