Colombo, June 17, 2024. At the Cuban embassy in Sri Lanka, Ambassador Andrés Marcelo González Garrido delivered all the documentation to the young Sri Lankan student, Halneththi Dushani Gunarathne, to be able to begin her medical studies in Cuba, as part of a process of scholarships that Cuba offers to Sri Lanka. Dushani will travel shortly to begin her preparation at the Latin American School of Medicine, ELAM, next September.
The student expressed her satisfaction at having this possibility. Six other Sri Lankan students are also at ELAM, studying Medicine.
Dushani visited the Cuban diplomatic mission in Colombo accompanied by part of her family (her father and her sister).
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