Amy Winehouse is to care for sick people. The troubled "Rehab" star plans to volunteer for the African Impact Medical Assistance charity project on St Lucia, where she will hand out medicines and prepare meals. She will also work with children and maternity units.

A source close to Amy - who has lived on the Caribbean island for most of this year - told Britain's Daily Star newspaper: "Amy has always been very giving and she has fallen in love with the people in St Lucia. She now wants to do everything she can to make the islanders healthier and happier."

Amy Winehouse is refusing to return to the UK unless she can bring back a St. Lucian chef.

The troubled singer - who is living on the Caribbean island while she writes new material - has already started asking native cooks to move back to London with her.

Amy Winehouse's mother says alcohol is "another demon" the singer must beat. Janis Winehouse claims her 25-year-old daughter started drinking to fill the time while on an extended break in St. Lucia, adding Amy is feeling lonely.

She said: "Two of her closest friends are going over to try to calm her down a bit. I think it will make a big difference because in the past few weeks she's been bored."

Amy Winehouse was rushed to hospital after partying with friends. The troubled singer - who is currently staying in St Lucia while she writes her third album - was reportedly taken to a medical facility by ambulance and received emergency medical treatment after a wild night of drinking on Friday.

Amy was discharged later that evening, but friends of the star believe her deteriorating health may jeopardize her scheduled U.K. show at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire next Sunday.

Amy Winehouse's father is terrified her alcohol addiction will kill her. Mitch Winehouse - who has a close relationship with his troubled daughter - has already seen the "Rehab" singer hospitalized through her drug habit and fears she has replaced illegal substances with drink.

He said: "After she almost died twice from drug related problems, to see her walking, smiling - she has progressed so much. But now, if it's alcohol instead of hard drugs - I don't think I can go through that again. I've decided to distance myself, and whatever happens, happens. It's her life. It's her career.

Amy Winehouse will need "a miracle" to make it through her show on Friday. Friends claim the troubled soul singer is drinking so much alcohol, she will be lucky to avoid "public humiliation" when she steps onstage with KC and The Sunshine Band at the St. Lucia Jazz Festival.

Doctors on the Caribbean island reportedly ordered the 25-year-old star to clean up her act last weekend after she was hospitalized with dehydration, but Amy has ignored their pleas.