OPPOSITION Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo has wished President David Granger good health following the Head of state’s departure for a medical check-up in Cuba.

Jagdeo at his weekly press conference on Thursday at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition , said, “I want to wish the president best of health, I hope that everything goes fine in Cuba with him and that he comes back in good health.”

President Granger departed Guyana on Tuesday along with First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger. He will undergo medical examination in Cuba to investigate symptoms that surfaced recently.

In a televised interview conducted by the Ministry of the Presidency at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, President Granger disclosed that although he was given a clean bill of health last May when he visited Trinidad and Tobago for his annual medical examination, there were recent developments. “So at that time I was given literally a clean bill of health and I came back and continued my work. The public knows about it, it was reported.”

The Head of State, however, said within a few weeks he started noticing some symptoms which were cause for concern. “After the symptoms didn’t go away I decided to journey to Trinidad and Tobago, which I did last Monday, to revisit the tests which were done in May, and at the time they discovered some symptoms which needed further investigation,” he explained.

On that basis, President Granger made arrangements to travel to Cuba to further investigate his health.