MetroHealth

Not to be confused with Metro Health Hospital.
The MetroHealth System
Geography
Location 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, Ohio, USA United States
Organisation
Care system Public
Hospital type Academic Medical Center
Affiliated university Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Services
Emergency department Level I Trauma and Burn Center
Beds 731 1[1]
History
Founded 1837
Links
Website metrohealth.org
Other links List of hospitals in the United States
List of hospitals in Ohio

The MetroHealth System is a nationally ranked[1] non-profit, public health care system located in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1837 as City Hospital,[2] The MetroHealth System serves the residents of the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. It is one of the three major health care systems in Cleveland, Ohio, along with Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals of Cleveland.

In 1972, MetroHealth (then referred to as Cleveland Metro General Hospital) built a new medical center at its Scranton Road location. The current building is two cylindrical towers connected with a central core, which was renovated in 1995.

In 1982, MetroHealth established its Metro Life Flight air ambulance service. Metro Life Flight has completed more than 90,000 medical missions, all safely. This air ambulance service is internationally known and has trained crews from Poland to Japan. They use the EC-145 for their air ambulance service and a modified Lear Jet is used for transferring patients further distances.

MetroHealth is a Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center, and is one of two verified adult and pediatric burn centers in the state of Ohio.

In the 1990s, MetroHealth expanded its main campus with new medical offices and parking areas, and renovated its tower complex. In 2004, the Critical Care Pavilion, housing the Level I Adult Trauma Center, opened. The addition of two stories to the Critical Care Pavilion, in 2016, provided 85 state-of-the-art intensive care rooms along with a special disease care unit for highly contagious diseases.

Locations

MetroHealth has clinics throughout Cuyahoga County:[3]


LifeFlight Helicopter Bases

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. News and World Report (2013), MetroHealth Medical Center, retrieved January 24, 2014
  2. ↑ "2006 Annual Report" (PDF). Cleveland, Ohio: MetroHealth System. 2007. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  3. ↑ http://www.metrohealth.org/our-locations


Coordinates: 41°27′40″N 81°41′52″W / 41.46111°N 81.69778°W / 41.46111; -81.69778

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