Dr. Deena Hinshaw is out as Alberta’s chief medical officer of health. Throughout the first 2.5 years of the pandemic, Dr. Deena Hinshaw served as Alberta’s chief medical officer of health. As a result of her frequent COVID-19 briefings, she became well-known throughout the province. The Canadian Press, Jason Franson
The chief medical officer of health for Alberta is no longer Dr. Deena Hinshaw.
The provincial government stated that Dr. Mark Joffe, a vice president of Alberta Health Services, will take Hinshaw’s position in a news release on Monday.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw is out as Alberta’s chief medical officer of health
According to a press release, Joffe’s temporary term started on Monday and will last until the health minister cancels the appointment. He will continue serving as chief medical officer of health for AHS under his current contract without receiving any additional pay.
According to the press release from the health minister, Joffe has committed his life to enhance the health of Albertans
I also wish to thank Dr. Deena Hinshaw for her service and dedication to Albertans through the past several years.”
When Danielle Smith was sworn in as Alberta’s premier on October 11, she said she would replace Hinshaw and recruit a new team of consultants in public health who consider COVID-19 an endemic disease.
Smith has made it clear that she blames both Hinshaw and Alberta Health Services for failing to provide the best advice and care for Alberta as the hospital system came close to chattering in the continuing waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Less than five weeks later, Smith fulfilled that promise.
“A lot of bad decisions were made by Alberta Health Services based on poor advice from the Chief Medical Officer of Health,” Smith told reporters on October 22.
In January 2019, Hinshaw was appointed Alberta’s chief medical officer of health. His contract was due to expire in 2024.
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Dr. Verna Yiu, who frequently appeared at news conferences with Hinshaw to update Albertans on COVID-19 and its effects on the healthcare system, left Alberta Health Services in April as president and CEO. Yiu’s contract was extended until 2023.
You are now Interim Provost and Vice President of Academics at the University of Alberta for a two-year term.
Polarizing figure
Hinshaw became a familiar figure across the province through hundreds of regularly-scheduled COVID-19 updates, garnering both the respect and ire of the public for the advice she provided to the government.
She was criticized for accepting an advisory role with the province’s United Conservative government rather than exercising her full powers to combat the emergency.
The nadir came in the summer of 2021, when the province canceled almost all health restrictions before any other province, promised the “best summer ever” and scoffed at suggestions COVID-19 could return and overwhelm the health system.
But in the fall, COVID-19 came within days of cratering the system and compelling then-premier Jason Kenney and Hinshaw to do a U-turn, bring back restrictions, and introduce highly divisive vaccine passports.
Hinshaw and Kenney both later admitted opening up too soon was a mistake based on flawed projections. Hinshaw, once admired, was mocked and criticized.
In August, there was public outrage when it was revealed Hinshaw had been paid a $228,000 bonus on top of her regular $363,000 salary in 2021.
Jeff occasionally joined them on the podium. Joffe, of Calgary, received his medical degree from the University of Calgary in 1982 and has a specialty practice in infectious diseases.
‘Very hard job’: Former medical health officer
Dr. James Talbot, who was chief medical officer of health from 2012 to 2015, said Hinshaw was a key player in preventing more deaths from COVID-19, and replacing him is a loss for Albertans.
“Dr. Hinshaw did a great job in this position and it was a very difficult job to do,” Talbot said in an interview with CBC News on Monday.
“I think the province was lucky that she was once in 100 years in the danger we faced that tragically killed 5,000 Albertans, but could have killed far more if it hadn’t been for her leadership.” “
With Joff taking over his role, Talbot said Albertans would be in good hands given Joff’s expertise in infectious diseases.
His new role falls under Alberta Health.
“Although he is not formally trained in public health, he has a comparable background. I know him as a scientist who understands the importance of following science,” he said.
Talbot said it would be difficult to find someone to take on the role permanently because of the generally young age of placement.
“Their contracts haven’t been renewed, they’ve been arbitrarily dismissed, and they’ve been unfairly criticized. Add to this a political leadership that refuses to follow science, making it appealing.” makes for a very difficult task,” said Talbot.
the opposition responds
David Shepherd, the health critic of the opposition NDP, said Joffe needed to speak to Albertans immediately to address concerns over rising rates of respiratory illnesses in children and jammed hospitals and emergency wards.
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“I hope Albertans will hear from Dr. Joffe as soon as possible. Albertans deserve transparency from their government in how they will address the spread of respiratory diseases, including COVID-19, while hospitals continue to exceed capacity and Children miss school because of illness. At significant rates,” Shepherd said in a statement.
