Haggie taking go away to cope with ‘well being concern’

John Haggie says he is stepping away from his roles as MHA and training minister to cope with a well being downside.

Haggie broke the information on his Twitter account Tuesday morning, saying “I shall be taking a while off to cope with a well being concern. My constituency workplace will stay open.”

In a follow-up message, Haggie stated Tom Osborne will act as his alternate within the Division of Schooling whereas he takes time away. 

“Thanks in your understanding and help presently,” he stated.

Haggie had beforehand taken day without work in August 2020 to cope with an unspecified medical process.

He was the province’s well being minister from 2015 to 2022, when he swapped portfolios with Osborne and have become training minister. 

CBC Information has requested an interview with Haggie. It is unclear how lengthy his go away of absence shall be.

Haggie, initially from Manchester, moved to Canada within the early Nineteen Nineties. He made his profession as a surgeon earlier than leaping into politics in 2015, changing into MHA for the Gander area.

He helped lead the province by the early days of the pandemic alongside Chief Medical Officer of Well being Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, and then-Premier Dwight Ball. 

Haggie is the second cupboard minister to take a go away of absence for medical causes this month. On Jan. 9, Home chief and Tourism Minister Steve Crocker stepped away to recuperate from an emergency surgical procedure. Sarah Stoodley is masking his ministerial function, whereas John Hogan took over as Home chief.

Interim PC Chief David Brazil additionally took a go away of absence after struggling a near-fatal coronary heart assault in October.

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