The ceremony took place on Monday, March 2. Photo from MBCI

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is ready to welcome patients to a $55 million health center.

The tribe held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the 180,000 square-foot Choctaw Heath Center on Monday. The facility will be fully operational on March 9.

“This is a landmark day for our tribe,” Chief Phyliss J. Anderson said in a statement. “The opening of our new Choctaw Heath Center marks the beginning of a new era in health care for our community.

The tribe broke ground in September 2013. The tribe signed an agreement with the Indian Health Service to fast-track the facility.

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