MetroHealth to Close Psychiatric Emergency Department in Cleveland Heights

Min. Dale Edwards Executive Director Call and Post

CLEVELAND — Ohio

In a significant restructuring of its behavioral-health operations, The MetroHealth System announced this week that it will close its Psychiatric Emergency Department (Psych ED) at the Cleveland Heights Medical Center effective December 31 and reassign 35 employees to other parts of its system to “expand behavioral-health services across Northeast Ohio.” 

What’s being changed

According to MetroHealth’s announcement, the Psych ED closure is part of a broader effort to “redistribute…