Health department leader steps down

Administrator cites stressful year as reason for resigning

  • Mary Garcia, who until this week was the administrator of the state Department of Health in Putnam County, discusses COVID precautions with county commissioners at the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
    Mary Garcia, who until this week was the administrator of the state Department of Health in Putnam County, discusses COVID precautions with county commissioners at the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
The area’s top health official has left the state Department of Health in Putnam County with her replacement having started Tuesday.  Mary Garcia has been with the state Department of Health in…

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