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Pinnacle Treatment Center opens new facility

Pinnacle Treatment Centers this week opened its new location in Painesville Township. The facility provides rehabilitation for those suffering dependency to harmful substances.

A ribbon-cutting was held May 11, and guests were given a tour of the new facility, capable of housing and monitoring patients. The center is the newest of Pinnacle’s 20 facilities in Ohio.

With the first National Fentanyl Awareness Day taking place on May 10, Dr. Daniel T. Brown, Pinnacle’s regional medical director, said that the center at 1544 Mentor Ave. is needed.

“Opioid treatment programs like this are unique in terms of what they can provide,” Brown said. “Patients can come in on a daily basis and receive medication, counseling and examinations from doctors.”

The center will have a registered nurse working every day plus weekly visitation from doctors. The facility can aid patients with counseling sessions, case management and referral services, access to peer-support specialists, tele-counseling sessions and more.

Patients going through withdrawal can be medically supervised by staff.

The center also offers specialized health services for pregnant women and contains a laboratory for serology and urine screening, as well as screening for tuberculosis, pregnancy and socially transmitted disease.

“We offer a full continuum care of services here at the facility,” said Jessica Brissel, executive director of the Painesville Township facility. “I’m so proud

to work here because of the care that we offer. Our patients get great care, but we still need all of you.”

Painesville Township administrators Michael Manary and Anthony J. Zampedro were in attendance to support the event.

“The Painesville Township trustees are honored to welcome Pinnacle Treatment Centers to our township,” Manary said. “They provide some of the best care you can hope to acquire, and we are very happy to welcome you to the neighborhood.”

Lake County Commissioner John Plecnik and several first responders and health care professionals also came to show their support.

Before the ribbon-cutting, Pinnacle Regional Vice President Christopher White spoke on behalf of the facility’s staff and what they hoped to achieve.

“I’m very excited to be

partnering with all of you in the fight against addiction,” White said. “It will take all of us working together to get our patients where they need to be, but I know we can do it.”

A moment of silence also was held in honor of lives

lost to overdose and addiction.

Guests held candles and bowed their heads.

PHOTOS BY JOHN BUTLER — THE NEWS-HERALD Executive director of the new Pinnacle Treatment Center Jessica Brissel and the rest of the staff cut the ribbon officially opening the center.

Regional Vice President of Pinnacle Treatment Centers, Christopher White speaks on behalf of the facilities staff at their ribbon cutting ceremony.

A ribbon-cutting was held May 11, and guests were given a tour of the new facility,