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Tahlequah wellness center signs up hundreds in first days, official says
Summary
Cherokee Nation Public Health reported the Tahlequah wellness facility opened last week and drew strong initial sign-ups ("we signed up 390 additional people" on the first full day); officials said visit volumes are already approaching roughly half of a typical month's visits.
Lisa Pivick of Cherokee Nation Public Health reported to the committee that the Tahlequah wellness facility opened last Wednesday and saw substantial early engagement. "I know that the first day we were fully open, we signed up 390 additional people," Pivick said, and described strong early visit rates.
Pivick said visits are rising fast — "they've almost seen 50% of the visits they see in a full month" — and praised staff who organized the opening and subsequent programs. The transcript also contains a second numeric figure that reads "and today, that's gone up to a 69," which is inconsistent with the larger first-day number; the committee report did not clarify that second figure in the meeting.
Pivick and committee members also reviewed ongoing back-to-school screening events, sports camps and outreach; she invited councilors to contact public-health staff to coordinate school-based clinics and other services. Pivick answered a question from Councilor Lisa Hall that the Farmers Market cards distributed to elders must be used by the end of October.
