Waiting in pain for 5 months

THE wait continues for 57-year-old Garfield Granston — who broke his spine in May — to receive a procedure which remains stalled by an out-of-service machine at Kingston Public Hospital (KPH).

His stepdaughter, Elexso Smith, told the Jamaica Observer on Monday that the family has endured five long months awaiting a surgery date, but KPH has not delivered a clear timeline, leaving Granston at Black River Hospital (BRH) where he was initially admitted.

Granston’s ordeal began on May 15, 2026 when he fell from a tree and was rushed to BRH in his home parish of St Elizabeth. There, doctors determined that he had sustained fractures in two places along his spine and would require surgery.