Nearly four years since he first entered the doors of NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx (NCB) in Norwood, patient Rohmearo McFarlane is amazed at how far he has come, both medically and personally. Back in July 2021, he was recovering from a traumatic injury when he slipped in the bathroom and was rushed to North Central Bronx Hospital. As a token of his appreciation of key members of his medical team, McFarlane, an artist, has since painted portraits of them.

NYC Health + Hospitals (NYC H+H) officials said McFarlane was initially injured in November 2020, back in his home country of Jamaica. They said that at the time, he was en route to paint a mural in another part of town in Kingston, Jamaica when he was caught in the crossfire of a gunfight.

They said he sustained gunshot w

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