Boy, 2, dies after being found floating in pool at family's Ibiza holiday home
Boy, 2, dies after being found floating in pool at family's Ibiza holiday home
He was discovered floating in a pool at a holiday home on the northern part of the popular Spanish island of Ibiza
The incident happened in Sant Joan, a municipality in the northern part of the island
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A British toddler, aged two, has died in a the swimming pool of a private villa in Ibiza. The young boy was discovered lifeless in the pool on Wednesday morning.
Local news source Diario de Ibiza reported that emergency services were called just before 11am. Despite the medical teams' efforts, the toddler could not be revivied.
This tragic event is one among several recent incidents. Two weeks ago a four year old boy died after struggling while swimming in a hotel pool in Tenerife, reports the Mirror.
This happened on Thursday, May 22 in Golf del Sur, southern Tenerife. Local media there reported that the boy suffered a cardiac arrest due to swallowing a significant amount of water while swimming.
A young lad was tragically pronounced dead at the scene after being found unresponsive in a hotel swimming pool. The alarm was sounded when the hotel lifeguard pulled the boy from the water, prompting the dispatch of two advanced life support ambulances and a medical helicopter to the location.
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Despite the emergency team's best efforts with advanced resuscitation attempts, they were unable to revive the child.
In a separate incident, a four year old British boy found himself trapped in a hotel swimming pool in Majorca after his arm was sucked into the uncovered suction hole of the pool's cleaning system. Onlookers watched in shock as the youngster struggled to free his arm, which was stuck up to his elbow due to the vacuum effect from the hole.
Staff at the Hotel Zafiro in Can Picafort, a resort in the north of the island, promptly called for emergency assistance.
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Paramedics were first on the scene but were unable to release the boy, leading to firefighters draining the pool and using a pneumatic drill to access a pipe connected to the suction hole. The child was provided with a helmet and ear protectors during the drilling process.
After about 30 minutes, they managed to cut off the source and liberate the boy.
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