New clinic close to completion

The new clinic at Little Axe is nearing completion. The last of the touch up work is being completed and furniture and equipment are being delivered on a daily occurrence. There is a lot of activity at the new site and many new employees are being hired to staff the facility. The planned first day to start seeing patients will be Monday, April 30, 2012. Because of the need to move employees from the current location to the new clinic, the old clinic at Little Axe will close during the week of April 23-27th. This includes the pharmacy. So please plan accordingly with any refills. We will be moving all medications from the old clinic to the new clinic and pharmacy staff will be doing an inventory of the current medi-cations. All the pharmacy staff from Little Axe will be involved with the move. If you have medication to pick up, please make plans to pick it up before April 23rd. We will not be able to allow patients in the clinic during that week due to movers coming in and out moving supplies and employees from one building to another. During the closing of the old clinic, you will be able to call the Shawnee clinic for urgent care. Any chronic or follow-up appointments will be rescheduled for another time. We plan to have the General Council meeting in the new clinic. We will be serving breakfast in our employee break area and will have the health fair throughout the clinic. Each department will have a booth set up so make sure you attend the meeting to see the new clinic and to get some great health information. You will also have the chance to meet many of the new providers and employees. We are so proud of the facility and know that as a tribe, this is a great accomplishment. In order to help with the beautiful nature of the building, we will be putting Native American artwork throughout the building. We have a large display case in the main waiting area. If you would like to donate artwork for the building or items for the display case, please contact Beverly Felton, Little Axe clinic administrator at 405.447.0300. We would love to have items that represent the Absentee Shawnee Tribe and its people. Each donation will have a small sign denoting who the artist is or who donated the items. We will also be asking local tribal artists if they would like to showcase their artwork in the facility. What a great way to get recognized. The grand opening for the clinic will be held on May 16, 2012 beginning at 1:30 pm. We are inviting many tribal, local, state, and official dignitar-ies. This event will be a one of a kind event and we are hoping for many of those invited to attend. Currently, we have invitations out to individu-als with Indian Health Service, the state and city elected officials, and many other federal agencies. We are also inviting many different tribal leaders to see our new facility. A full agenda is scheduled for the event. Make plans now on coming out to the grand opening on May 16, 2012 from 1:30 to 3:30 pm.