Guyana’s President Travels To Cuba For Medical Treatment

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 20, 2019 (CMC) – President David Granger left here, today, for Cuba, where he has been undergoing treatment for cancer. Granger, who celebrated his 77^th birthday earlier this week, is being accompanied by his wife, Sandra Granger.

According to an official statement, Granger travelled to Cuba for a scheduled evaluation by doctors of the Centro de Investigaciones Médico Quirúrgicas (CIMEQ), where last year he had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, who had travelled to Trinidad and Tobago as the head of a government delegation, seeking to lure investors to the South American, returned here, today, and has been sworn in to act as President until Granger’s return next week.