HEAD of State, President David Granger will be returning to Cuba next Tuesday to continue treatment for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said on Friday at a post-cabinet press briefing.

Harmon also said that President Granger remains “in command” and “in charge of the business of the State” despite a reduced workload following his close to three-week visit for medical tests and subsequent treatment. The President’s decision to reduce his workload, his office earlier revealed, was “consistent with advice from his team of specialist doctors at the Centro de Investigaciones Medico Quirugicas (CIMEQ) in Havana, Cuba”.

Minister Harmon said President Granger heeded advice by his Cuban medical specialists to scale back public engagements. Adding that the President is having meetings and is giving directions, Minister Harmon said the treatment regime will require him visiting Cuba on a number of occasions. Minister Harmon also said that the President has conveyed his appreciation, to all who have expressed concerns about his illness and wished him a full recovery.

The minister explained that the government “continues to work assiduously to ensure that his visions are kept. The ‘Green’ State Development Strategy, which is a brainchild of his that we continue to push… Our concern for climate change, our concern for the security of our borders, our concern for the safety and happiness of our people are all principal concerns of our President and he continues to send notes and memoranda in that regard.”
President David Granger, along with First Lady Sandra Granger, returned to Guyana from Cuba on November 20, 2018, after spending about three weeks there.