Granger gets good report from Cuban doctors, meets Raul Castro

President David Granger (right) greeting Raul Castro (Ministry of the Presidency photo)
President David Granger (right) greeting Raul Castro (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Cuban medical specialists have confirmed that President David Granger’s medical examination shows that he has improved to their satisfaction and that he is in good health, according to a statement yesterday from the Ministry of the Presidency.

The specialists said that the President responded very well to the treatment at CIMEQ in Cuba and that the Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma remains in remission. 

The President arrived in Havana on January 18, 2020 to undergo a scheduled medical evaluation which was completed on Monday.

Meanwhile, according to a statement from Guyana’s Embassy in Havana, Granger yesterday met Army General Raul Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and former President of Cuba, at the Palacio de las Convenciones in Havana, Cuba.

Castro was accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla.

The release said that the two Leaders reminisced on a number of personal and political matters with Castro mentioning that the next Cuba-CARICOM Summit will be held in Havana, at the end of this year.

Granger was accompanied by First Lady, Sandra Granger and Guyana’s Ambassador to Cuba,  Halim Majeed.