Havana, July 19 (RHC)--The vice-president of Ghana, Alhaji Mahamudu, attended this Thursday the graduation of more than 1,667 health professionals from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Havana, of which 223 are students from his country.

Ghanaian student Ahmed Ayebeng Owusu, the best foreign graduate of his class at the Victoria de Girón School of Medical Sciences, on behalf of his classmates thanked Cuba for its hospitality.

With sincere gratitude, with poetic words, Dr. Ahmed thanked his teachers for teaching him that a dose of sweetness does no harm the diabetic patient, that an extreme joy can only raise a little tension of the hypertensive, that bringing a child into the world is the work of the brave, of much love and patience...and that many times a smile and a pleasant word can cure the worst pain".

He also remembered the sacrifice of studying medicine and invited the rest of the graduates to hold high the Cuban revolutionary project that allowed them to achieve that dream.

The visit of the vice-president of Ghana seeks to expand bilateral cooperation ties in the context of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

Ghana was the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to establish diplomatic ties with Cuba.