EDMONTON — Alberta's government says it has dismantled the board of Alberta Health Services and appointed a high-ranking bureaucrat as official administrator.
The move comes just weeks after Athana Mentzelopoulos was let go as chief executive officer and replaced by deputy minister of health Andre Tremblay on an interim basis.
The government says Tremblay will now take on the role of official administrator in place of the board.
It says Tremblay will oversee the remaining transition period for AHS, which is being reduced from Alberta's overarching health authority to a hospital service provider as part of the government's health system overhaul.
When Tremblay was appointed interim president and CEO of AHS earlier this month, the government said the board of AHS would be responsible for finding a new permanent top executive.
The government says the health ministry will now take over that responsibility.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 31, 2025.
Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press