Cherokee Nation to celebrate topping-out ceremony for new W.W. Hastings Hospital

WHAT:
The Cherokee Nation will celebrate the topping-out of the new W.W. Hastings Hospital.

WHEN:
Thursday, July 25
11 a.m.

WHERE:
W.W. Hastings Hospital construction site
19600 E. Ross St.
Tahlequah, Okla.

WHO:
Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.
Council of the Cherokee Nation
Cherokee Nation Health Services officials

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Leaders from the Cherokee Nation will gather Thursday to hold a topping-out ceremony in celebration of the placement of the final steel beam for the future, state-of-the-art W.W. Hastings Hospital.

The future six-story, 400,000-square-foot hospital will allow for expanded services for Cherokee and Native citizens. When complete, the new facility will replace the current Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital facility, which was built in the mid-1980s and spans 180,000 square feet.

The new hospital, a $470 million investment authorized under the tribe's Respond, Recover and Rebuild plan, is projected to be completed and operational as soon as 2026.