– Ali announces at sod turning for Lethem Hospital, Tabatinga school
President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that a group of Brazilian investors have signalled interest in establishing a medical school in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) and his government is on board to make it a reality.
“Very soon we will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of the West Indies [UWI] School of Medicine and nursing schools here in Guyana. And the regional authoriies have already said to me that there is a group of investors from the State of Roraima, that wants to invest in a medical school and a medical facility,” Ali told attendees at a sod turning event for both the Lethem Hospital and Tabatinga Secondary School yesterday.