THIS LITTLE GIRL CAME INTO ALL OF OUR LIVES 2 YEARS AGO, AS THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO SUPPORT HER DIALYSIS TREATMENTS THERE BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS DESPITE THEIR NOBLEST OF EFFORTS. ISLAND HEALTH SERVICES RECEIVED THE REQUEST TO TAKE ZEDINA AS SHE HAD NO WHERE TO TURN. WE AGREED THAT WE COULDN’T LEAVE A GRENADIAN CHILD WITH OUT DIALYSIS AND ALL AGREED TO TAKE CARE OF HER. AT THE TIME ISLAND HEALTH SERVICES WAS ONLY 3 MONTHS OLD AND TAKING ON A NEEDY PATIENT WAS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST FINANCIAL MOVE, BUT WHEN WE TOOK ONE LOOK AT THIS LITTLE GIRL AND HEARD HER STORY, THE THOUGHTS OF WHETHER WE COULD OR COULDN’T SUPPORT HER FOR FINANCIAL REASONS DIDN’T SEEM TO MATTER AND WE ACTED RIGHT AWAY. MANY OTHERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HELPING HER, SUCH AS THE GOVERNMENT OF GRENADA WHO PROVIDED SUPPORT FROM TIME TO TIME AND MANY OF YOU IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO MADE SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO HER LIFE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU INVOLVED FOR YOUR EFFORTS. ON SUNDAY NIGHT WE RECEIVED A CALL AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 PM FROM THE GENERAL HOSPITAL THAT ZEDINA NEEDED EMERGENCY DIALYSIS. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY AND SET-UP THE CLINIC IN PREPARATION FOR HER ARRIVAL THAT NIGHT. HOWEVER, UNFORTUNATELY YOUNG ZEDINA BRISTOL DIED SHORTLY AFTER THAT CALL ON SUNDAY 29TH 2009, AT THE GENERAL HOSPITAL BEFORE SHE COULD GET TO THE DIALYSIS CLINIC LOCATED IN BELMONT ST. GEORGE’S. WE AT ISLAND HEALTH SERVICES WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO ZEDINA’S MOTHER AND FAMILY. SHE HAS BEEN PART OF OUR LIVES FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS AND THE YOUTHFUL JOY SHE BROUGHT TO US ALL WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY EVERYONE AT ISLAND HEALTH SERVICES LTD, DIALYSIS GRENADA. From: Island Health Services