HEALTH SAYS DR. LUIS AMARO IS OFFICIALLY OUT AS CEO OF SCHNEIDER MEDICAL CENTER

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Health issued a two-paragraph prepared statement stating that Dr. Luis Amaro was no longer the CEO of the Schneider Regional Medical Center & Hospital.

Health Commissioner Justa Encarnacion forwarded an unsigned “press release” from the Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation saying that it had formally accepted Amaro’s forced resignation.