Seven new Cuba-trained doctors join Berbice health authority

The seven new doctors displaying their certificates, with BRHA CEO Dr Vishwa Mahadeo, Dr Javier Lopez, Matron Lyken and Hospital Superintendent Melissa Ramdeen.

The Berbice Regional Health Authority’s (BRHA) team recently received a boost, with the addition of seven new doctors, who were trained in Cuba.

The new doctors are Andy Walcott, Mellissa Towler, Nyron Sugrim, Sonya Lord, Alicia Subramanie, Nandy Benons and Matoya Cort. A simple graduation exercise held yesterday in the boardroom of the BRHA, saw the Cuban trained Guyanese doctors officially receiving their credentials permitting them to practise medicine in the country.

Valedictorian Dr Andy Walcott, reminisced on the journey he embarked on seven years ago. “One of my major fears was whether