The national director of public health, Dr Horacio Arruda, tendered his resignation on Monday evening.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, Dr Arruda explains that he preferred to resign, since his controversial opinions on the management of the pandemic were starting, according to him, to damage the credibility of the government.
“The recent comments made on the credibility of our opinions and on our scientific rigor undoubtedly cause a certain erosion of the adhesion of pollution. In such a context, I consider it appropriate to offer you the possibility of replacing me before the end of the term of my mandate, at least as a DNSP ”, wrote the doctor.
An emblematic figure in the management of the pandemic which had aroused the enthusiasm of Quebecers in the first months of the crisis in 2020, the management of the pandemic by Dr. Arruda was increasingly criticized and calls for his replacement were made more and more, in particular because of its multiple about-faces.
Indeed, the government and its national director of public health had had to back down on several occasions, in particular on the wearing of a mask, presented as useless at the start of the pandemic. More recently, news of the return to work of infected but asymptomatic healthcare workers had taken everyone by surprise.
"It is important to consider each of these recommendations in the context of the knowledge of the moment and of the time", pleaded Dr. Arruda in his letter by assuring to have made "the best [recommendations] possible" with the knowledge which he had. .
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/20...a-demisionne-1
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