–after completing post-graduate studies in Havana

DR. ALEX Allan Persaud, who was trained in Cuba, has finished his post-graduate studies in Neurology at the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery in Havana, Cuba, and will be coming back to Guyana this weekend.

Dr. Persaud, who hails from New Hope, East Bank Demerara, comes from humble beginnings.

He first worked as a farmer and market vendor, then as a Pharmacy Assistant at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

In 2013, he secured his Medical Degree in Cuba – thanks to a Government scholarship. Upon completion of his MD, he returned to Guyana and worked at GPHC, then later at the Buxton Health Centre in Region Four.

In 2019, Dr. Persaud returned to Cuba to pursue post-graduate studies in Neurology at the prestigious Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery in Havana where, under the guidance of some of the best professors in the field, he has graduated with honours.

Neurology is the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of diseases involving the nervous system. Commonly seen conditions in neurology are headaches, stroke, epilepsy, Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, motor neuron diseases, and neuromuscular disorders, among others.

Dr. Persaud hopes that Guyana could offer world class treatment for associated illnesses that would require patients to travel abroad. He shows a keen interest in electrophysiology, which entails the study of the electrical phenomena of the nervous system.

Dr. Persaud has expressed his deep gratitude to the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Embassy in Havana for their continued support over the past three years.

In a message to Cuba he said, “Your country is my second home. And because of you and your Government I have this opportunity to serve my people in Guyana.”