CLEVELAND — MetroHealth System is moving employees from its Psychiatric Emergency Department in Cleveland Heights to help across the community after announcing that the department will close on Dec. 31.
According to the health system, 35 employees will move to meet growing patient needs elsewhere.
MetroHealth said the move follows the Cuyahoga County Council vote last month, which directed $7 million in funding toward the construction of a new behavioral health crisis center, which will be operated by The Centers. According to a news relase, $4 million that MetroHealth receives annually from the ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County is expected to go toward The Centers for the crisis center operations…