“University of Toledo President Dr. Gregory Postel, who joined the elected officials on the tour, said a plan is already in the works to create an inpatient psychiatric unit at UTMC sometime in the next two years for adults. Doing so would connect other offerings at UTMC, which include pediatric psychiatric services, and geriatric psychiatric services, as well as research opportunities in those and other fields.”
“Governor DeWine spoke of how UTMC, which was put up for bid in the spring of 2020 by UT trustees before they backed away from that initiative months later, is vitally important to the quality of life for northwest Ohio residents.
He said that was clear to him Monday during the tour when he and the rest of the group saw the work being done at the Dana Cancer Center, the Kobacker Center — or behavioral health facility where they saw the child and adolescent psychiatric units — and the surgical intensive care units since it was upgraded from a Level 3 to a Level 2 facility.
“A governor is supposed to look at things from a big picture, and the big picture is this needed to stay — that relationship needed to stay,” said Mr. DeWine, in his second term as Ohio governor. “It would not be helpful to see that separation, and that was just abundantly clear from what we’ve seen across this country.”
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