Quebec’s interim public health director will be Dr. Luc Boileau, the current head of the province’s health-care research institute, the INESSS, Premier François Legault announced after accepting the resignation of Dr. Horacio Arruda yesterday.
Legault thanked Arruda, noting he had had the difficult task of explaining public health decisions and the premier said he’d grown close to him throughout the 22 months of the pandemic.
“Being in front of the media every day and explaining these decisions is not easy for anyone,” Legault said. “I think there are advantages to having someone new after all those months, to take on those responsibilities.”
Legault said Arruda would be taking
