THE search is still on for relatives of Jamaican Henrietta Vance who is critically ill and hospitalised at the University Hospital of Miami in Florida.
A day after the Hospital, through the Guardianship Program of Dade County, issued a call for relatives of the gravely ill woman to contact that facility there was no response.
The appeal was made through the Jamaican Consulate in Miami who then contacted the Kingston office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade which issued an appeal to media houses Monday afternoon.
The Guardianship Programme, up to yesterday was in search of Vance's sons, Wilton Chin of Manning Field District in Manchester and Glendford Chin of a 128 Bushy Park Garden in May Pen, Clarendon, and her sister Martha Reid of a Pratville Manchester address and Lov Duhaney of a 42 Olnee Road.
Yesterday, the Observer learnt that at least one of Vance's sons was in Canada.
The hospital, through the Guardianship Program, had turned its search for help to Jamaica after efforts to find anyone linked to Vance in the United States proved futile. The facility is seeking a 'do not resuscitate order' or 'DNR'. A DNR is a legal order written in respect of a patient's wish not to undergo CPR or advanced cardiac life support if their heart or breathing fails. The request is usually made by the patient or health care power of attorney.
Vance has been assigned to the Guardianship Programme temporarily by the courts, pending the location of her next-of-kin.
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