Hospitals & clinics on the navajo nation
Navajo Area Indian Health Service
HOSPITALS. The Navajo Area Indian Health Service (IHS) maintains 5 hospitals in "service units": Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility, Crownpoint Health Care Facility, Gallup Indian Medical Center, and Northern Navajo Medical Center (Shiprock, NM), totalling 222 hospital beds; and the Kayenta Health Center in Kayenta, AZ, an Alternative Rural Hospital with 10 short stay nursing beds and ambulatory surgery.
CLINICS. IHS has 7 full-time health centers and 5 part-time health stations providing outpatient, community health, preventive health, and other services.
NEARBY OFF-RESERVATION. IHS maintains an urban health program and facility in Flagstaff, Arizona near the Tuba City (Western Navajo) Agency.
CLINICS. IHS has 7 full-time health centers and 5 part-time health stations providing outpatient, community health, preventive health, and other services.
NEARBY OFF-RESERVATION. IHS maintains an urban health program and facility in Flagstaff, Arizona near the Tuba City (Western Navajo) Agency.
Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Service Unit Map
Tribal Health Corporations
HEALTH CENTERS & HOSPITALS. Through the Indian Health Service Tribal Self-Governance Program, Tribal health corporations authorized by the Navajo Nation contract or compact with IHS to operate hospitals and health care centers at Fort Defiance Indian Hospital/Tsehootsooi Medical Center, Winslow Indian Health Care Center, Inc., Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation, Sage Memorial Hospital, and Utah Navajo Health System, Inc. These tribal health corporations are sometimes called "PL 93-638" tribal self-determination or self-governance heath corporations.
Navajo Nation Behavioral & Mental Health Services
BEHAVIOR & MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. The Navajo Nation Division of Behavioral Health Services (NNDBMHS) operates non-medical services, Please visit "Public Health - TRIBAL" link for more information on all tribal wellness programs. There are 11 outpatient services offering prevention and early intervention service. There is 1 residential treatment facility which does not offer medically managed intensive inpatient treatment.
- In AZ: 9 outpatient services in Chinle, Dilkon, Fort Defiance, Kaibeto, Kayenta, New Lands, Red Mesa and Tuba City.
- In NM: 2 outpatient services at Crownpoint and Gallup, and 1 residential treatment facility in Shiprock.
Links to individual healthcare facilities on the navajo nation
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Abbreviations:
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BMHS - Tribal behavioral & mental health services
FDIHS - Ft. Defiance Indian Hospital Board, Inc. IHS - Indian Health Service NHF - Navajo Health Foundation TCRHCC - Tuba City Regional Health Care Corp. UNHS - Utah Navajo Health System WIHCC - Winslow Indian Health Care Corp. |
chinle agency
CROWNPOINT (EASTERN) agency
ft. defiance agency
SHIPROCK (NORTHERN NAVAJO) agency
TUBA CITY (WESTERN NAVAJO) agency
Note: Information above about IHS is summarized from the Navajo Area IHS's website (which was last updated in 2016) and therefore may not reflect more recent changes.