Dr. Raul Pino has resigned from his function with the Florida Division of Well being in Orange County.Pino was employed by Orange County as its new well being director.“After cautious consideration, I’ve determined to resign from the place of Well being Officer with the Florida Division in Orange County efficient Monday, April 25 at 5 p.m.,” Pino stated in a letter Monday. Pino’s appointment shall be efficient April 26 upon approval by the Orange County Board of Commissioners. His first day as Well being Providers Director shall be Might 2.“I inform you, it is thrilling information due to the work that Dr. Pino has been doing right here in Orange County,” District 5 Orlando metropolis commissioner Regina Hill stated.Hill stated she’s labored with Pino on a number of minority well being occasions.”As a result of we did see and I feel one thing that he acknowledged throughout COVID was the disparities in well being when it got here to these in indigenous neighborhoods right here in Orange County,” Hill stated.In an announcement, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings stated: “Pino has a wealthy historical past in working with our Well being Providers Division to satisfy the wants of our neighborhood. Throughout these most up-to-date years, Dr. Pino’s management has been instrumental within the success of our public well being initiatives, together with our response to the COVID-19 pandemic.”Pino was issued a “corrective motion plan” after getting back from administrative go away in March.He was positioned on probation after a state investigation into an e-mail he despatched in regards to the price of vaccination in his division.Because the director of well being companies on the constructing on Michigan Avenue, Pino could have a number of tasks, together with the oversight of the county’s Corrections Well being Providers, Orange County Medical Clinic, Animal Providers and Mosquito Management Division.“I’ve served with pleasure and dedication, and can proceed to take action within the subsequent chapter,” Pino stated in his resignation letter.“We want him one of the best and stay up for collaborating with Dr. Pino as he takes on a brand new public service (function) with Orange County authorities,” Jeremy Redfern, press secretary for the Florida Division of Well being, stated.Pino will change Yolanda Martinez, who resigned.
Dr. Raul Pino has resigned from his function with the Florida Division of Well being in Orange County.
Pino was employed by Orange County as its new well being director.
“After cautious consideration, I’ve determined to resign from the place of Well being Officer with the Florida Division in Orange County efficient Monday, April 25 at 5 p.m.,” Pino stated in a letter Monday.
Pino’s appointment shall be efficient April 26 upon approval by the Orange County Board of Commissioners. His first day as Well being Providers Director shall be Might 2.
“I inform you, it is thrilling information due to the work that Dr. Pino has been doing right here in Orange County,” District 5 Orlando metropolis commissioner Regina Hill stated.
Hill stated she’s labored with Pino on a number of minority well being occasions.
“As a result of we did see and I feel one thing that he acknowledged throughout COVID was the disparities in well being when it got here to these in indigenous neighborhoods right here in Orange County,” Hill stated.
In an announcement, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings stated: “Pino has a wealthy historical past in working with our Well being Providers Division to satisfy the wants of our neighborhood. Throughout these most up-to-date years, Dr. Pino’s management has been instrumental within the success of our public well being initiatives, together with our response to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Pino was issued a “corrective motion plan” after getting back from administrative go away in March.
He was positioned on probation after a state investigation into an email he sent about the rate of vaccination in his department.
Because the director of well being companies on the constructing on Michigan Avenue, Pino could have a number of tasks, together with the oversight of the county’s Corrections Well being Providers, Orange County Medical Clinic, Animal Providers and Mosquito Management Division.
“I’ve served with pleasure and dedication, and can proceed to take action within the subsequent chapter,” Pino stated in his resignation letter.
“We want him one of the best and stay up for collaborating with Dr. Pino as he takes on a brand new public service (function) with Orange County authorities,” Jeremy Redfern, press secretary for the Florida Division of Well being, stated.
Pino will change Yolanda Martinez, who resigned.
