Dr. Sean Wachtel will be ‘valuable member of public health team’ says health ministerBy Nunatsiaq NewsNunavut has a new chief public health officer. Dr. Sean Wachtel has been named to the post, replacing Dr. Michael Patterson who served four years in that job and led the territory through the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Nunavut’s Health Department announced Monday. Wachtel is “well-versed in culturally sensitive and appropriate health services and will be an invaluable member of the Public Health team,” Minister of Health John Main said in a news release. Wachtel was recently senior medical director for Aboriginal health and medical health officer for the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia, according to the release. “Their many contributions have been instrumental in the management and response to public health challenges Nunavut has faced in recent years,” Patterson said in the release.

Source: CBC News November 29, 2022 17:05 UTC