Former Department of Health (DOH) Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire has been named the "chief of all undersecretaries" by newly appointed DOH head Ted Herbosa.
"DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire speaks to members of the media during the first face-to-face press briefing after two years at the DOH Central Office in Manila on Wednesday, July 20." (Photo courtesy of Noel Pabalate | MB)
"I gave her a position of like the chief of all the undersecretaries that are in charge of our operations of all the different regions," said Herbosa in an interview with Karen Davila on Thursday, June 8.
Vergeire will be in charge of overseeing undersecretaries handling DOH's activities in northern, central, and southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
"She will be helping me deliver the goals, of her experience and previous job as caretaker of the Department of Health, she will continue in that segment of operations. She requested for that, and I gladly gave it because I think she deserves that," Herbosa said.
Vergeire served as the health department's officer-in-charge for almost a year.
As of the moment, DOH Undersecretary Enrique Tayag leads the department's field implementation and coordination team in Northern and Central Luzon; Undersecretary Nestor Santiago Jr., in NCR and Southern Luzon; Undersecretary Camilo Cascolan in Visayas; and Undersecretary Abdullah Dumama Jr. in Mindanao.
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