Early Sunday morning, a student from Guyana arrived at Staten Island University Hospital's regional burn center to be treated.

A fire raced through a school dormitory in Mahdia, Guyana — killing at least 18 students in Guyana last week.  

Officials say the students were between the ages of 12 and 18 years old.

One of the victims was injured so severely she was medevacked from Guyana to Staten Island.

“The patient’s condition is critical but stable. The mom I met with this morning was in good spirits, a little overwhelmed and I think still in shock as any parent would be,” Dr. Eric Cioe-Peña, vice president of Center for Global Health, said.

Cioe-Peña says the Guyanese government suggested that she should go to New York to get a higher level of care. Northwell Health has relationships with Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in Guyana.

“We’re really a phonecall away and we have always said if you need us give us a call we are happy to help and they took us up on our offer. I think this was the patient that was the most injured,” Cioe-Peña said.

A vigil was held at Faith Assembly Church on Friday, which was also Guyana’s Independence Day.  

Richard David is first-generation Guyanese and was at the vigil.  

“It was hugely traumatic, heartbreaking, and we are having vigils after vigils because it was one way for our community to gather to deal with this huge sense of loss,” David, board member of The Indo-Caribbean Alliance, said.

David said he spoke to people at the vigil with a connection to the victims.

“They shared stories of growing up there, going to that same dormitory and being friends with the victims that passed away,” David said.

New York state Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar held a vigil Sunday.

She represents an area in Queens referred to as Little Guyana.

“We have 140,000 Guyanese Americans here in New York City, so we support one another and there is a direct line from Guyana to Little Guyana and that is why we are coming together,” Rajkumar said.

While the Guyanese community mourns, Northwell Health is providing resources to help people during this difficult time on the ground in Guyana and a call in line for people in the city.

“This is a line set up specifically with grief counselors they are aware of the Mahdia fire they don’t need to be reeducated on what happened or why they are sad and what is going on and we hope it is a resource for the community,” Cioe-Peña said.

The free line for mental health support is 1-833-327-1001.

The line is operating Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The line is not open on Memorial Day.