Amidst emotional scenes, President Donald Ramotar on Sunday led the tributes at the funeral of Dr Moti Lall, who died last week following a heart condition.
Dr Moti Lall given emotional farewell
His sentiments were made at the late doctor’s East Bank Demerara residence where relatives and close friends in the medical field, politics and the Lions Club of Guyana of which he was a member, gathered to pay tribute.
“He never failed to remind me to have a (medical) check-up. He was that kind of person, benevolent, considerate… he had this easy-going way about him with all that he had seen and went through,” President Ramotar said.
According to the Government Information Agency (GINA) Dr Lall who died on January 9 at his residence, was a former People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament, and spent most of his career in the field of pulmonary medicine and tuberculosis control. He was also president of the Guyana Chest Society.
The former Commonwealth observer and chairman of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, was conferred the Cacique Crown of Honour in 1998.
President Ramotar in his eulogy described Dr Lall as an independent fighter who was faithful to his wife and family, and who stood his ground to the principles of loyalty even in tested times.
The head of state recalled that Dr Lall after returning to Guyana from studies abroad, found it difficult to find a job because of his political affiliation, and while others who found themselves in that position waivered to political pressure, he “stayed the course”. “He was a member of the PPP when it was difficult to be a member of the PPP, and being a member of the PPP was courting prison, jail and persecution,” President Ramotar said. After remigration from Canada, Dr Lall occupied the vacant position as a chest specialist at the West Demerara hospital.
He studied medicine in Cuba and while there, witnessed and participated in what was considered one of the most important political events in history, “the Cuban revolution”.
He later furthered his studies in Germany. The role the late doctor played in the PPP/C was described by President Ramotar as “key” and as such, he was shortlisted when the party conceptualised a plan to train a cadre of technical and political elites to lead Guyana.
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