Dr. Sunil Sookram named Albertas new interim top doctor amid measles outbreak [Video]

Alberta has yet another new, terporary top doctor.

The province announced late Thursday afternoon Dr. Sunil Sookram has temporarily been appointed as interim chief medical officer of health for Alberta.

The appointment is effective immediately, the province said. It comes after the province said the previous CMOH, Mark Joffe, was no longer in the role.

Sookram currently is the medical director and chief of medical staff at Strathcona Community Hospital in Sherwood Park.

He is also a clinical professor of emergency medicine at the University of Alberta and practises as an emergency doctor at the University of Alberta Hospital.

The Alberta government said Sookram’s temporary appointment “ensures continuity while arrangements are finalized for a longer-term appointment.”

The government said Sookram brings years of front-line experience and leadership to the interim role, as well as recent experience working within Alberta Health, and will be supported by zone medical officers of health at Alberta Health Services.

The CMOH acts as a liaison …