Guyana’s President David Granger yesterday began the second phase of treatment at a hospital in Cuba after he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a disease in which malignant cancer cells form in the lymph system.
Symptoms include enlarged lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, weight loss and tiredness as well as bone pain, chest pain or itchiness.
A statement issued by Halim Majeed, Guyana’s Ambassador to Cuba, said that Granger, age 73, underwent a surgical procedure on November 1, and five days later was discharged and returned to his official accommodation.
The President’s medical personnel began the second phase of treatment yesterday, November 14, 2018, and he is likely to be in hospital for a short period of two to three days.
Granger, accompanied by his wife, had travelled to Havana on October 30 initially, for a medical investigation which he deemed necessary because of an unusual physical discomfort.
The statement said that he was received by a Cuban medical team which commenced the first phase of medical examination and that the disease was discovered after a series of medical tests.
