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Friends named UG’s top graduates for School of Medicine
(Kaieteur News) – Mahendra Umadat, 29, the Best Graduating Student for the School of Medicine, winner of the Prime Minister’s Award, as well as UG’s Second Best Graduating Student, and Vishwani Ramkhelawan, 23, the Best Graduating Student for the School of Dentistry shared that their journey through the university, as friends and classmates, was long but deeply impactful.
“I’m just so proud of myself and my friend as well. We came a long way from first year to the fifth year of medicine, it was five long years,” Umadat shared.
Friends: Vishwani Ramkhelawan, 23, the Best Graduating Student for the School of Dentistry and Mahendra Umadat, 29, the Best Graduating Student for the School of Medicine, winner of the Prime Minister’s Award, as well as UG’s Second Best Graduating Student
Ramkhelawan, 23, the Best Graduating Student for the School of Dentistry, and
“Graduating is exciting, and I’m very happy for me and my friends also. It was indeed an extremely long five years.” Her experience at the University of Guyana was a true rollercoaster, filled with early-morning classes, long clinic hours tending to patients, and late-night study sessions that often stretched into dawn.
The top dentistry graduate encourages future dentistry students—and anyone pursuing a challenging programme—to understand that the journey will not be easy. It will demand your full mind, body, and commitment.
Yet, she reminds you not to let the workload consume you. Take breaks, refresh your spirit, spend time with loved ones, and engage in activities that bring you joy. Among her most cherished memories are the moments shared with her colleagues—outreaches, event planning, long study sessions, and simple lunches after class. Their companionship made even the hardest days manageable, and without them, the five years of dental school would have felt like a decade.
Today, Ramkhelawan stands proudly as the first university graduate and the first doctor in her family—a milestone that fills her with deep pride and gratitude. She credits her community and the University of Guyana for the unwavering support that helped her reach this moment.
Both friends, now being recognised for their exceptional hard work, expressed gratitude to their parents and close friends for the motivation and support that helped carry them through. They spoke about the heavy workload and intense demands of their programmes but noted that leaning on each other made the journey possible.
Ramkhelewan hopes to work in her field of expertise and later pursue her Master’s in Public Health, while Umadat aspires to become an Internal Medicine specialist or a pediatrician.
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