TAHLEQUAH – In a unanimous vote Jan. 27, the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council agreed to invest $54 million in the tribe’s emergency medical services program.
The proposal from administration includes a new ambulance facility for CN Emergency Medical Services and a new, expanded fleet of ambulances.
“Cherokee Nation’s EMS provides a high level of care and responsiveness across a large area of our reservation,” Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said in a statement. “Our EMS staff and the patients the...