EIGHT Guyanese medical students, who have been granted Government of Guyana scholarships, arrived in Havana, Cuba, late Tuesday evening.

Six will pursue studies at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM). These are Asaph Mohamed, Kofi Gray, Jennifer Mahabir, Keron Braithwaite, Kenisa Gopaul, and Denisha Leitch.

Two of the students will undertake post-graduate studies at the University of Medical Sciences of Santiago de Cuba. They are Dr. Lhee Rand Castello (General Surgery) and Dr. Clavis Fraser-Tappin (Internal Medicine).

On hand to receive them at the Jose Marti International Airport were Dr. Melissa Corlette-Sengwe, Student Affairs Attaché at the Guyana Embassy; Guyana’s Ambassador to Cuba, Halim Majeed, and members of his personal staff.