Akram Boutros

The state auditor’s Special Investigations Unit said it has opened an investigation into bonuses paid to former MetroHealth CEO Dr. Akram Boutros.

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Dr. Akram Boutros, the fired CEO of the MetroHealth System, has filed a second lawsuit against the hospital's board of trustees, claiming breach of contract, retaliation and intimidation.

Terry Monnolly, co-founder of DiGioia-Suburban Excavating in North Royalton, has resigned from the MetroHealth board amid the controversy surrounding the firing of former CEO Dr. Akram Boutros.

MetroHealth has authorized an outside firm to review the policies and procedures surrounding the bonuses that led the system to fire its former CEO Dr. Akram Boutros last month.

On Tuesday, Cuyahoga County Council moved to amend the county's 2023 budget dispersal of more than $32 million taxpayers contribute to the operation of MetroHealth, the county’s safety-net hospital.

MetroHealth's former CEO Dr. Akram Boutros has filed suit against the hospital system in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas court.

The now-fired MetroHealth CEO Dr. Akram Boutros could face criminal charges for Ohio ethics violations and theft in office, according to an investigative report released Friday by MetroHealth.

Dr. Akram Boutros, a day after his firing as CEO by the MetroHealth System board of trustees, told Ideastream Public Media he did nothing wrong and is considering legal action.

With just over a month before he was to step down, Boutros was fired for improperly approving supplemental bonuses for himself, according to the MetroHealth board. Boutros' lawyer says the firing is one in a series of retaliatory actions the board has taken against him.