– calls for his life story to be documented
PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar recalled some of his early encounters with the late, renowned medical practitioner, Dr. Moti Lall, and spoke with high acclaim about the life and work of the man whom he regarded as his close friend and Party comrade. His expressed these sentiments at the late doctor’s East Bank Demerara residence where relatives and close friends in the medical field, politics and the Lions Club of Guyana, of which he was a member, gathered to pay tribute to the deceased.
“He never failed to remind me to have a (medical) check-up. He was that kind of person, benevolent, considerate… he had this easy-going way about him, with all that he had seen and went through,” President Ramotar said.
Dr Moti Lall, who died on January 9, at his residence, was a former People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Member of Parliament and spent most of his career in the field of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis control. He was also President of the Guyana Chest Society.

The former Commonwealth Observer, and Chairman of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, was conferred the Cacique Crown of Honour in 1998.
President Ramotar, in his eulogy, described Dr. Moti Lall as an independent fighter who was faithful to his wife and family, and who stood his ground to the principles of loyalty, even in testing times.
The Head of State recalled that Dr. Moti Lall, after returning to Guyana from studies abroad, found it difficult to find a job because of his political affiliation, and while others who found themselves in that position wavered under political pressure, Moti Lall “stayed the course.”
“He was a member of the PPP when it was difficult to be a member of the PPP, and when being a member of the PPP was courting prison, jail and persecution,” President Ramotar said.
After remigration from Canada, Dr Moti Lall occupied the vacant position as a chest specialist at the West Demerara Hospital.

He studied medicine in Cuba, and while there, witnessed and participated in what was considered one of the most important political events in history, “the Cuban revolution.” He later furthered his studies in the German Democratic Republic, specialising in medicine.
The role the late doctor played in the PPP was described by President Ramotar as “key”, and as such, he was shortlisted when the Party conceptualized a plan to train a cadre of technical and political elites to lead Guyana.
President Ramotar believes that the story of the late doctor should be documented, and he called on the family members to set the precedent so that the nation’s youth can learn and emulate.