After months of unrelenting public pressure, Dr. Fenton Ferguson has been relieved of his portfolio responsibility as Minister of Health.
A statement on Friday afternoon from the Office of the Prime Minister said Dr. Ferguson had been reassigned to the Ministry of Labour & Social Security.
Horace Dalley, himself a former Health Minister, will return to that ministry as Dr. Ferguson's replacement.
The changes take effect next Monday.
Derrick Kellier, who for more than a year, had held the twin portfolios of Labour & Social Security and Agriculture & Fisheries, will now be left with the Agriculture & Fisheries portfolio only.
In announcing the changes, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said she had listened to recent discussions and expressions of concern regarding the sitaution in the health sector.
Mr Dalley has also been tasked to continue the Public Sector wage negotiations, which he had been leading as Minister Without Portolio in the Ministry of Finance & the Public Service.
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