President to return from Cuba today

The Guyana Embassy in Cuba says that President David Granger will be returning to Guyana today after the second round of chemotherapy for his Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

A statement today from the embassy in Havana said that the President completed the second round of medical treatment and evaluation at the Centro de lnvestigaciones Medico Quirurgicas {CIMEQ) in Havana.

The statement said that yesterday the Cuban Team of Specialists reiterated their complete satisfaction with the President’s response to medical treatment and said that they will continue to monitor’s the President’s progress in the coming weeks.

Yesterday, also, the statement said that President Granger received a courtesy call from Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba.

The President took the opportunity again to express his gratitude to the Cuban Government and the Team of Medical Specialists for the treatment that he is being afforded in Havana. The statement said that he told Foreign Minister Rodriguez Parrilla that he was very satisfied with the high level of care and attention that he is receiving at CIMEQ and praised the professionalism and expertise of his medical specialists.

President David Granger (second from left) meeting with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla (right).