TWO more highly trained medical specialists, who have studied in Cuba, have returned to Guyana.

They are Dr Joseph Torres, Plastic Surgery and Burns Care Specialist and Dr Quasi Moore, Orthopaedic and Trauma Specialist.

According to the Guyana Embassy in Cuba, Dr Torres, who hails from Region Nine, was granted a Government of Guyana/Republic of Cuba scholarship in 2003 to pursue a degree in Human Medicine in Cuba, which he successfully completed in 2010.

Subsequently, he served in various medical institutions across Guyana, including the Annai Health Centre, the Aishalton District Hospital, the West Demerara Hospital and the Georgetown Public Hospital.
In 2016, Dr Torres was the recipient of a post-graduate scholarship to study in the People’s Republic of China, where he spent two years.

Thereafter, he went to Cuba where he completed a four-year programme in Plastic Surgery and Burns Care. On his return to Guyana he was employed at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Dr Moore is originally from Region Three, West Demerara. He obtained his first Government of Guyana scholarship to study medicine in Cuba in 2006 and secured his MD in 2013. After returning to Guyana, he served at the West Demerara Regional Hospital and later did a six-month Hinterland Community Outreach Programme.

In 2017, Dr Moore obtained another Government of Guyana scholarship, this time to pursue post-graduate studies in Orthopaedics and Traumatology. He graduated from the University of Havana last month and has since returned to Guyana.