Cherokee Nation Opens 10 million dollar plus Redbird Smith Health Center Annex
Cherokee Nation opens $10.7 million Redbird Smith Health Center Annex
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SALLISAW, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation opened its new $10.7 million Redbird Smith Health Center annex on Monday.
The 30,000-square-foot expansion doubles the size of the existing health center in Sallisaw. The annex features a new physical therapy department, mammography and drive-thru pharmacy, as well as a built-in community safe room.
“The expansion at Redbird Smith will create better access to quality health care for Cherokee people and that is the most pressing issue our people are facing today,” said Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker. “Expanding our facilities will allow us to provide more pediatric care, more elder care, a drive-through pharmacy and more services specifically for women. These are the kinds of world-class care options that will improve health care in Sequoyah County for generations of Cherokee families.”
The tribe estimates 145,000 patient visits this year at Redbird Smith, up from nearly 120,000 patient visits in 2014 with the expansion and additional services.
“The Redbird Smith Health Center expansion was sorely needed as our employees and patients were dealing with cramped conditions,” said Tribal Council Speaker Janelle Fullbright, of Sallisaw, who chairs the health committee. “This new state-of-the-art addition rectifies those issues, plus adds new, essential services to the thousands of people who rely on the Cherokee Nation health care system, while also showcasing the region’s history and spirit through the art work of Sequoyah County artists displayed throughout the health center.”
The Redbird Smith Health Center annex is the second project completed under a $100 million health care capital improvement plan using casino profits. The Cherokee Nation recently opened a new health center in Ochelata. A brand-new health center in Jay and expansion in Stilwell both open later this month.
“The people in Sequoyah County have needed this investment in the Redbird Smith Health Center for many years now, and I am pleased that through the work of Chief Baker and Tribal Council that we are giving the people a health center that will better serve them,” said Tribal Councilor David Thornton, of Vian. “The progress made in health care by the tribe will not only be felt by thousands throughout Sequoyah County and the tribe’s jurisdiction, but by thousands in the many generations to come.”
The new annex features paintings from Sequoyah County natives, mother and son, Mary Adair and Daniel HorseChief, as well as Jeff Edwards, Marion Goodwin and Raymond Bolin.
The tribe completed a $4 million renovation of Redbird Smith Health Center’s main building last year, adding dental space, a new fitness room, six rooms that double as storm shelters and a large community room available for rent by the public for $75.
“The Redbird Smith Health Center expansion is further evidence of the Cherokee Nation’s commitment to provide first-class health care in state-of-the-art facilities,” said Connie Davis, executive director of Cherokee Nation Health Services. “Cherokee Nation Health Services wants our citizens treated by the best medical practitioners in the best medical facilities, and we are making that happen under the $100 million health care capital improvement plan. The Cherokee Nation health care system is not only an example of premier quality for Indian Country, but also the entire nation.”
Cherokee Nation Construction Resources, a wholly owned company of the Cherokee Nation, served as contactor and oversaw the project. Selser Schaefer Architects designed the facility.
“This expansion will have such a great effect on our area of the Cherokee Nation,” said Redbird Smith Health Center Administrator Jerry Caughman. “Like a lot of our employees, both sides of my family have lived in this area long before statehood, so our patients are really more than just people they are our friends and family. We are excited and grateful to have these new facilities to provide care for them.”
Cherokee Nation Health Services operates the largest tribally run health system in the country with 1.1 million patient visits in 2014. It consists of eight health centers and W.W. Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah.