Federal health officials and Santa Ana Pueblo leaders on Friday announced that a new, $251 million healthcare facility will be built on what is now a dusty lot on Pueblo land west of Albuquerque.
What will eventually become a 235,000-square-foot outpatient facility aims to serve Indigenous patients who live on nearby tribal land, including the Zia, Jemez and San Sandia Pueblos, or in growing population centers like Albuquerque and Rio Rancho.
The facility, once built, will employ more than 500 people and offer health care services including dental, optometry, dialysis and diabetes care, Santa Ana Pueblo officials said Friday during a news conference, as well as traditional and culturally relevant healing practices…