Cherokee Nation leaders doing what they can to protect elders during pandemic Share Updated: 10:58 PM CST Dec 30, 2020 Share Updated: 10:58 PM CST Dec 30, 2020
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Show Transcript IT’S NOT ONLY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTH, BUT ALSO, THE CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE THEY POSSESS. ELDERS REPRESENT IDENTITY. IRREPLACEABLE WELLS OF KNOWLEDGE, PASSING DOWN HISTORY, TRADITIONS AND NATIVE LANGUAGE. THE MEDIAN AGE FOR OUR SPEAKERS IS OVER THE AGE OF 65 AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HOLD THEIR LANGUAGE AT A HIGHER LEVEL, THEY HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF FLUENCY, SOME CAN READ AND WRITE. PORSHA: IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT THEM AND PRESERVE WHAT THEY REPRESENT, THE CHEROKEE NATION IS TRYING TO KEEP THEIR EXPOSURE TO COVID AS LOW AS POSSIBLE DELIVERING FOOD, TOILETRIES, PPE, CLEANING SUPPLIES AND OTHER NECESSITIES AN INITIATIVE THEY STARTED IN MARCH. NOW, WE’RE THINGS THAT WE’RE DOING TODAY, IS WE’VE PARTNERED WITH SOME CHEFS IN THE TULSA MARKET AN
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Dec 27, 2020
TAHLEQUAH â This week Cherokee Nation Health Services activated its COVID-19 surge plan for W.W. Hastings Hospital, according to a media release.
The surge plan for Health Services involved purchasing and allocating resources for the ability to provide care during the pandemic in the event that the health system exceeded the limits of their normal infrastructure.
As the number of COVID-19 cases have increased over 8,200 since March the health system has experienced an overwhelming number of hospitalized patients in the Intensive Care Unit.
âBack in March, our team started working on a surge plan in the event that we started reaching our hospital bed capacity,â Executive Director Dr. R. Stephen Jones said. âRecently, weâve had challenges when transferring patients to other facilities due to their own capacity limitations. When we are full and when our partner facilities are full, we have to act to continue caring for our patients.â
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