{"id":60244,"date":"2024-12-04T14:46:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T19:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=60244"},"modified":"2024-12-04T14:53:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T19:53:38","slug":"hospital-on-navajo-nation-welcomes-patients-to-177-million-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/12\/04\/hospital-on-navajo-nation-welcomes-patients-to-177-million-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital on Navajo Nation welcomes patients to $177 million facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_youtu-be\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XR27lfye_LQ\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/23\/maxresdefault-167.jpg\" alt=\"Sage Memorial Hospital Outpatient area walkthrough\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XR27lfye_LQ\">\n\t\t\tSage Memorial Hospital Outpatient area walkthrough\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XR27lfye_LQ\">\n\t\t\t<p>OPENS on December 4, 2024 at 8AM:Take a look inside Sage Memorial Hospital&#8217;s State-of-the-Art Facilities! Watch our Outpatient Walkthrough video and see it a&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/s\/desktop\/4a7aecfd\/img\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"YouTube\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tYouTube\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Sage Memorial Hospital: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/XR27lfye_LQ>Sage Memorial Hospital Outpatient area walkthrough<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Hospital on Navajo Nation welcomes patients to $177 million facility<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, December 4, 2024<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nPatients are being welcomed to new $177 million <a href=\"https:\/\/sagememorial.com\/\">Sage Memorial Hospital<\/a>, a health facility located on the Arizona portion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navajo-nsn.gov\/\">Navajo Nation<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe hospital celebrated completion of the 140,213 square-foot facility in Ganado on <a href=\"https:\/\/sagememorial.com\/bridging-innovative-healthcare-and-tradition-celebrating-sage-memorial-hospitals-grand-opening\/\">August 23<\/a>.  Since then, services have been opening in phases, with the emergency department and the outpatient clinic debuting this week following the awarding of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/licensing\/index.php?#azcarecheck\">license from the Arizona Department of Health Service<\/a> on Monday.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cSage Memorial Hospital is the only tribal healthcare facility that is licensed under the state of Arizona,\u201d Chief Executive Officer Melinda White said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/sagememorial.com\/emergency-department-opens-dec-3-at-new-sage-memorial-hospital-facility\/\">news release<\/a> on Wednesday. \u201cAt SMH, patient safety and quality of care are our top priorities. Achieving hospital certification represents our commitment to planning and maintaining safe, high-quality patient care.\u201d \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/12\/04\/hospital-on-navajo-nation-welcomes-patients-to-177-million-facility\/sagememorialhospital-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60249\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" data-attachment-id=\"60249\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/12\/04\/hospital-on-navajo-nation-welcomes-patients-to-177-million-facility\/sagememorialhospital-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/04\/sagememorialhospital.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Sage Memorial Hospital\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sage Memorial Hospital&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Executives, dignitaries and local leaders celebrate the grand opening of the $177 million Sage Memorial Hospital in Ganado, Arizona, on August 23, 2024. Photo courtesy Sage Memorial Hospital&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/04\/sagememorialhospital.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/04\/sagememorialhospital.jpg\" alt=\"Sage Memorial Hospital\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-60249\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Executives, dignitaries and local leaders celebrate the grand opening of the $177 million Sage Memorial Hospital in Ganado, Arizona, on August 23, 2024. Photo courtesy Sage Memorial Hospital<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nSage Memorial features  25 inpatient beds, a state-of-the-art emergency department, advanced medical imaging technology, a pharmacy and operating room. Dietary services, physical therapy and dental care are also offered.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe hospital serves a community of about 11,000 people on the reservation. Patients live in the Ganado, Kinlichee, Klagetoh, Wide Ruins, Lower Greasewood Springs, Cornfields, Nazlini, and Steamboat chapters of the Navajo Nation.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nNavajo Health Foundation \u2013 Sage Memorial Hospital, Inc., a <a href=\"https:\/\/sagememorial.com\/philanthropy\/\">non-profit<\/a>, manages the facility.  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