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Elizabeth Cooney is a health reporter for the Worcester Telegram &
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« Baxter warns of medication mix-up | Main | Behind a nightclub nightmare » Friday, February 9, 2007New public health commissioner to come, but when?By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff They're still doing the leadership limbo down at 250 Washington St., headquarters of the state Department of Public Health. Back on Jan. 17, Dr. JudyAnn Bigby, the new health secretary in the administration of Governor Deval Patrick, sent out a memo announcing that she was replacing Paul Cote as commissioner of public health. That wasn't much of a surprise: Cote was appointed by then-Governor Mitt Romney, and there's a long tradition of new governors wanting to appoint their own public health commissioner.
In that memo, Bigby promised that "in coming weeks" she would select a new commissioner. Latest update, as of today, courtesy of Bigby spokeswoman Courtney Gorzkowicz: Bigby is "definitely, actively interviewing candidates." No specific timetable for selecting someone to oversee the public health agency and its $500 million-plus annual budget. Posted by Karen Weintraub at 05:24 PM
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