Cherokee民族接管了Claremore医院,将其改名为保健中心,成为保留地上由部落控制的IHS最后设施。
The Cherokee Nation took over the Claremore hospital, renaming it a health center, becoming the final IHS facility on its reservation under tribal control.
切罗基民族于2025年10月1日接管了前克莱莫尔印第安人医院,并改名为克莱莫尔门诊和紧急保健中心,标志着保留地上最后的IHS设施将移交给部落管理。
The Cherokee Nation assumed control of the former Claremore Indian Hospital on October 1, 2025, renaming it the Claremore Outpatient and Emergency Health Center, marking the final IHS facility on the reservation to be transferred to tribal management.
作为更广泛的联邦努力的一部分,这项搬迁旨在通过部落自决改善保健,国家计划进行重大翻修,并新建一个2.45亿美元的诊所。
The move, part of a broader federal effort, aims to improve healthcare through tribal self-determination, with the Nation planning major renovations and a new $245 million clinic.
Cherokee 部落领导人和联邦官员,包括IHS少将Travis Watts和卫生及公众服务秘书Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 都提到部落运作表现较好,指出63%的IHS设施现在由部落管理。
Cherokee Nation leaders and federal officials, including IHS’s Rear Admiral Travis Watts and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., cited better performance under tribal operation, noting 63% of IHS facilities are now tribally managed.