Parson hopes to pick new Missouri health director quickly
By DAVID A. LIEBApril 22, 2021 GMT
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that he hopes to name a new state health director quickly to rebuild the agency after parting ways with the man who had led it throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
The governor’s office announced the resignation Tuesday of Department of Health and Senior Services Director Randall Williams without providing any specific reason for his departure.
Speaking for the first time about it, Parson told reporters: “I thought it was the best thing for the Cabinet, the best thing for the governor’s office that we go in different directions.”
Parson hopes to pick new Missouri health director quickly
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JEFFERSON CITY â A just-released investigative report on Missouri veterans nursing homes sheds new light on how top government officials first reacted â and didnât react â to information about the spreading danger of COVID-19 at the state-run facilities.
According to the report, released Thursday evening, Michele Renkemeyer, operational excellence leader with the Department of Social Services, said members of the stateâs âFusion Cellâ virus hub were âwell aware of positives and deaths as early as mid-August well into the beginning of September.â
Her statement appears to contradict those made by other top state officials coordinating Missouriâs response to the coronavirus. They told investigators they didnât recognize a problem at the Missouri Veterans Commissionâs seven homes until late September at the earliest.