The E. coli outbreak prompted the public debut of chief medical officer of health Dr. Mark Joffe, long after he replaced the fired Dr. Deena Hinshaw. One news conference triggered one clarification.
Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange, left, and chief medical officer of health Dr. Mark Joffe spoke publicly to media on Tuesday, for the first time after the E. coli outbreak linked to Calgary daycares emerged more than a week earlier.
This isn't the COVID public health emergency, and for so many reasons Joffe isn't Hinshaw, fired by Smith shortly after she became premier. But Albertans had come to expect a certain level of timeliness, thorough information-sharing and trust-building when it came time for public health leadership. Cockroaches, previous violations at kitchen used by Calgary daycares as E. coli outbreak toll climbs to 264
"Extremely serious case, I'm a mother myself, grandmother," she said. "Anyone who's had to sit at the bedside of a really sick child knows how devastating this is.""I believe what Dr. Joffe meant was that it was urgent from the very very beginning, and it continues to be urgent until every single one of those children are home and safe with their families and progressing well.
It appears the new information Joffe and LaGrange had to share was AHS' problematic food safety report from Sept. 5. The doctor himself stressed that while it's a "flag" for potential problems at the kitchen, it may offer no direct links to whatever sickened the many little lunchers and snackers it served., the veteran health columnist for the Globe and Mail.
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