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7-year-old critical after uMhlanga near-drowning incident
The girl is being airlifted to a specialist facility following the incident.
A 7-YEAR-OLD girl is in a critical condition following a near-drowning incident at a hotel pool in uMhlanga. According to Netcare 911 spokesman, Chris Botha, a doctor, who was a guest at the hotel begun CPR on the little girl.
“He helped intubate the little girl before paramedics arrived. At this point she is in a critical condition. The incident follows a drowning of a man at Blue Lagoon beach earlier this morning,” he said.
Garrith Jamieson of Rescue Care Paramedics is also on scene.
“Paramedics have placed her on a manual ventilator and a Red Cross helicopter is on its way to airlift the little girl to a specialist facility in Durban,” he said.
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