Cleveland Clinic Ready to Take Flight

Things are really starting to take off at the new Twinsburg campus of the Cleveland Clinic.

It announced Wednesday that it will station a medical helicopter at its new Twinsburg Family Health & Surgery Center sometme in the fall, relocating the helicopter currently stationed at Medina Hospital, according to a press release.

The Clinic believed the new Twinsburg site was the best location for the helicopter to serve more patients throughout Northeast Ohio.

The helicopter was stationed in Medina since October 2010, but groups of residents and officials asked them to relocate it. Rob Stall, chief of operations for Cleveland Clinic’s Regional Hospitals, said even though it is moved, the chopper will still faithfully serve the Medina County area.

“The opening of the Twinsburg facility on July 25 presented an opportunity for us to station a helicopter at its helipad and serve the most patients in the area, while still serving Medina County residents,” Stall said in the press release. “Our mission is to save lives and do what is in the best interest of those in need of our care. ”

While in Medina, the helicopter averaged nearly two flights a day.