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Author: Elizabeth Payne
Publication Date: January 24, 2025 - 10:50
What Dr. Vera Etches learned from 15 years at Ottawa Public Health
January 24, 2025
During the challenging early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Vera Etches, the city’s medical officer of health, became a familiar face delivering information about how the pandemic was affecting the health of the population. Part of her role was to mandate and manage often unpopular measures to try to limit harms. After 15 years at Ottawa Public Health, nearly seven of them serving as the city’s first female medical officer of health, Etches is stepping down at the end of January to take up a new role as president and CEO of CHEO. Etches spoke with Elizabeth Payne about the challenges of navigating the pandemic, including facing verbal abuse, as well as the work still being done that is making a difference to the health of Ottawa residents. She leaves the job, she said, feeling both thankful and hopeful. Read More
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