“Never thought about it — it’s not my plan to do so,” he told Variety.
Villagomez said it Deputy Secretary Joseph Santos who was on “terminal leave” and whose resignation will take effect at the end of the month.
“Joe has decided to move to the private sector and also to start a business of his own — he is leaving in good terms and I continue to work on a daily basis and hold meetings,” Villagomez said.
He said the Commonwealth Health Center is addressing the problems of its in-patient pharmacy, which is “sometimes closed” on weekends.
But the in-patient pharmacy is still operational, he added, and CHC is now working on the contract of one of the hospital’s physicians who is also a registered pharmacist.
Pharmacy director Anthony Raho is on vacation leave from Aug. 14 to Sept. 17 while staff pharmacist Lorraine Liwiski has already filed her resignation which will effect on Oct. 8.
But Villagomez said the delivery of services has not been affected because CHC is “exerting efforts to keep the pharmacy in operation.”
He said they are now considering getting assistance from PHI Pharmacy during the weekends.
“The CHC task force is now addressing the need of for an in-patient pharmacy because we all agree that it is important that it continues and we are working as a team to address that,” Villagomez said.
The government’s salary cap, he added, is the main reason for the resignations of the pharmacy’s personnel.
Villagomez’s brother, Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Villagomez, sister and her husband have been indicted on federal corruption charges.
