Cherokee Nation to Celebrate W.W. Hastings Hospital Grand Opening

WHAT:
Join Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., Deputy Principal Chief Bryan Warner and other Cherokee Nation leaders as they celebrate the completion of the $470 million state-of-the-art W.W. Hastings Hospital.

WHEN:
Thursday, July 9 at 11 a.m.

WHERE:
W.W. Hastings Hospital
19780 E. Ross St.
Tahlequah, Oklahoma

WHO:
Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.
Deputy Chief Bryan Warner
Council of the Cherokee Nation
Cherokee Nation Cabinet
Cherokee Nation Health Services

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Join Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., Deputy Principal Chief Bryan Warner and other Cherokee Nation leaders as they celebrate the completion of the $470 million state-of-the-art W.W. Hastings Hospital on Thursday at the Cherokee Nation Health Services campus.

The six-story facility at 19780 E. Ross St. in Tahlequah officially opens to patients on Saturday, July 11.

The 400,000-square-foot hospital includes 127 beds and adds a NICU, Hospice, Surgical Center and more. It replaces the existing Hastings Hospital, which was built in the mid-1980s and spanned just 180,000 square feet.

The opening comes on the heels of the release of the 2025 Economic Impact of Cherokee Nation Health report, which found that Cherokee Nation Health Services generated more than $2 billion in statewide economic output in fiscal year 2025 while supporting nearly 11,500 Oklahoma jobs. The report identified the new Hastings Hospital as part of approximately $1.12 billion the tribe has invested in healthcare facilities and equipment over the past decade, underscoring the hospital's role not only in patient care but in strengthening the broader northeastern Oklahoma economy.

The new hospital connects to the Cherokee Nation Outpatient Health Center via a bridge on the second floor of the facility, allowing easy access for Cherokee citizens and staff across the medical campus. The building offers a wide range of services, including an emergency room, an intensive care unit, imaging services and rooftop helipad. The building also features a pharmacy, laboratory, neonatal intensive care unit and hospice care, along with dietary services, acute care and other medical offerings to serve the tribe and community's healthcare needs keeping citizens closer to home.