MetroHealth to open key piece of makeover

Plans for a new hospital were first announced in 2014, a few months after the aging infrastructure of the old facility was put to the test — and failed. A polar vortex delivered subzero temperatures and brutal winds to the region and burst pipes and flooded rooms to MetroHealth.

Over the years, MetroHealth president and

has recounted sharing with business and civic leaders the story of the polar vortex and hearing…