MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The Mandeville Regional Hospital (MRH) in Manchester has successfully carried out a complex bypass procedure that prevented the amputation of a patient’s only remaining lower limb.

According to the hospital, 72-year-old Edwin Rowe was admitted in April 2026 with chronic limb-threatening ischemia, which had progressed to gangrene in his fourth toe. This is a condition where the tissue dies due to inadequate blood supply.

The hospital said Rowe’s right leg was at high risk of amputation due to severe peripheral arterial disease, with significantly restricted blood flow linked to long-term diabetes, hypertension and a history of smoking.