DHEC chooses retiring military officer as new leader amid coronavirus pandemic
Elijah Packer, a senior at College of Charleston, gets a COVID-19 test at a S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control pop-up testing site on campus on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. After a months-long search, Dr. Edward Simmer was chosen to lead DHEC and its 3,500 employees. File/Lauren Petracca/Staff By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com Dr. Edward Simmer. File/Provided A career military medical officer was chosen Tuesday to lead South Carolina's public health agency, filling a months-long vacancy amid the biggest health crisis in a century. The agency's board members v...
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