The Alberta Health Services CEO who took over after a controversial firing in January is now himself off the job.

Former provincial health bureaucrat Andre Tremblay is on leave of absence, the provincial hospital agency confirmed Wednesday.

Hospitals Minister Matt Jones appointed Erin O’Neill, a current executive at AHS, to serve as interim CEO, a spokesperson wrote in an email.

Eleven months ago, Tremblay was appointed top executive and sole director of AHS after the ouster of both the entire board and then-CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos.

She went on to sue AHS and the provincial government for wrongful dismissal, claiming they fired her for launching an investigation into contracts with private surgical companies she said had links to government officials .

Her claims ignited a pol

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