A four-year-old boy is fighting for his life after a drowning incident at a hotel pool in Gran Canaria. The child was pulled from the swimming pool in the southern part of the island on Saturday afternoon.
Emergency services rushed the boy to a private medical centre in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, but his condition deteriorated. Doctors then called for specialist rescue teams to transfer him to a larger facility.
Medics from the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC) airlifted the child by helicopter, landing in a school car park where an ambulance was waiting to take him to Las Palmas. During the flight, he was under constant supervision from a doctor and a nurse.
Staff at the University Maternal and Child Hospital in Las Palmas, including paediatric specialists, met the helicopter. Officials confirmed the boy showed signs of severe drowning and remains in a serious condition.
