Cleveland ambulances aren’t taking as many trips between the Cuyahoga County Jail and the MetroHealth System.
MetroHealth staff provide medical care inside the jail. However, it’s not uncommon for Cleveland EMS to transport people to the hospital’s main campus for emergencies.
It costs the county money and ties up sheriff’s deputies and ambulances. Signal Cleveland took a closer look at the phenomenon last year. Chest pains, general sickness and pregnancy were some of the top conditions that sent people from the jail to Metro…