From Indian Country Today Media Network:
When award-winning hospital administrator Casey Cooper first assumed his role as chief executive officer of Cherokee Indian Hospital, it was an impoverished Indian Health Service (IHS) facility, unable at times to treat patients due to a shortage of funds.
“There were times we would have to reach out to other local entities,” Cooper recalls.
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