23rd Jul 2023 @ 8:57 am

A 13-year-old boy was rushed to hospital on Friday evening after nearly drowning in a swimming pool in apartments in Puerto del Carmen.

Emergency services received a call at 8.15 pm, and paramedics from the Canarian Emergency Service arrived in a medicalised ambulance, immediately stabilising the boy.

He was then rushed to the Dr José Molina Orosa Hospital where he was reported to be in a “serious condition”.

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