The chief medical officer at Manitoba’s largest hospital is stepping away from the role to work elsewhere in the provincial health-care system.

Health Sciences Centre chief operating officer, Dr. Shawn Young, announced the resignation of Dr. Manon Pelletier in an internal memo to HSC and Shared Health leadership Wednesday.

“It is with mixed emotions that I am writing to inform you our chief medical officer, Dr. Manon Pelletier, will be leaving,” Young wrote in the memo, obtained by the Free Press.

“While we are sad to see Dr. Pelletier leave this position, we are heartened to know that she will continue to lend her considerable expertise and leadership to improving health care across the province, reflecting her deep commitment to system-wide improvement and our shared goal of making h

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