Sudbury health unit getting some backup

Sudbury's top doc gets some assistance A new associate medical officer of health will be joining the Sudbury public health team to help lighten the load for the area's top doc.

Public Health Sudbury & Districts has hired a new associate medical officer of health.

The new associate is Dr. Imran Adrian Khan.

Imran Adrian Khan has been hired at Public Health Imran Adrian Khan has been hired at Public Health Sudbury & Districts as the new associate medical officer of health. (Supplied)

This new hire is expected to lighten the workload -- and the overtime payout -- for the chief medical officer, Dr. Penny Sutcliffe.

Sutcliffe made nearly half a million dollars in overtime during the height of the pandemic.

Medical Officer of Health Dr. Penny Sutcliffe Sudbury Medical Officer of Health Dr. Penny Sutcliffe. Mar. 16/20 (Ian Campbell/CTV Northern Ontario)

Staff at Public Health Sudbury & Districts put in more than 61,559 hours of overtime in a single year as it worked to carry out the region's COVID-19 pandemic response.

Among the province's top earners was Dr. Penny Sutcliffe, who earned $800,000 in 2021. The amount includes overtime for two years: $219,000 for 2020 and $263,000 for 2021.

Khan holds a master's degree in public health from the University of Waterloo and will be finishing his training at NOSM University in Sudbury. Khan will take up his new post in mid-October.