Two deputy chief medical officers of health, Dr. Rosana Salvaterra and Dr. Jing Hu, have given notice they are resigning.."Preparations are underway to recruit to the public health physician positions. In the interim, Dr. (Mark) Joffe has taken on the duties of Chief Medical Officer of Health full time as set out in the Public Health Act," Charity Wallace, assistant director of communications at Alberta Health Services told the Western Standard via email.."Dr. Joffe will be supported by medical officers of health within AHS, by other staff in the office of the chief medical officer of health, and by the public health division.".Minister of Health Jason Copping confirmed during question period that both of the doctors have submitted letters of resignation..It came less than a month after Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw was removed from her position..Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced her first order of business was to relieve Dr. Deena Hinshaw of her duties and that she won't be listening to her for advice..In her first press conference with media as premier, Smith said she will be getting rid of Hinshaw and that frontline health care workers should be aware that "reinforcements are coming.".Hinshaw was replaced by Joffe on an interim basis..Wallace said there will be little impact on service at AHS.."We expect these changes to have no impact on the department’s and Dr. Joffe’s ability to meet the requirements of the Public Health Act.".Due to a high level of spam content being posted in our comment section below, all comments undergo manual approval by a staff member during regular business hours (Monday - Friday). Your patience is appreciated.
