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6 people drowned in 24 hours: "Do everything to prevent another disaster"
While the world is marking for the first time the International Day for the Prevention of Drowning, some tragic events have only occurred in the past day, with two of them involving children.
Since the beginning of the bathing season, 132 people have drowned in the sea and in the various water reservoirs, of which 20 have died.
"Do not tell me it will not happen"
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Yoav Itiel
Sunday, 25 July 2021, 18:45 Updated: 18:58
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As the world marks the first International Day for the Prevention of Impressions in the world, in the last 24 hours six people have drowned on the beaches. Magen David Adom data paints a disturbing picture, according to which since the beginning of the spawning season at the end of March, 20 people have died by drowning in the sea, in the pools and in the various water reservoirs, 12 of them children. 132 people needed medical treatment during bathing activities.
Orly Silvinger, executive director of the organization Before Child Safety, called on the public to make every effort to prevent the next catastrophe. And were treated in hospitals, "she said.
"Drowning is the second most common cause of death from child accidents, and it occurs in silence. A drowning child does not shout and does not cry for help. And even more so for children. "
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12 children since the beginning of the year.
The drowning scene in Hadera, today (Photo: MDA, operational documentation)
"We call on parents not to tell me this will not happen. Do not enter the sea without active rescue services. In the water environment, an adult is assigned a duty at any moment to look after the children within touch and without distraction. It is our responsibility to do everything so that freedom ends without further unnecessary disaster."
The last drowning incident took place in the afternoon, in which a two-year-old toddler drowned on an undeclared beach in Hadera.
Eyewitnesses said he was playing in the sand at the fishing beach when suddenly a wave swept him into the depths of the sea.
He was pulled from the water in critical condition, and turns by Magen David Adom paramedics to Hillel Yaffe Hospital in the city, where doctors pronounced him dead.
"I saw a group of people went into the water during rough seas and erosion strong, we contacted them and said that is very dangerous, they did not come out of the water "Just a month ago,
a 42-year-old man drowned on the undeclared Ein Zvi beach, near Zichron Yaacov. Less than an hour later, a 20-year-old man drowned on Princess Beach in Eilat. Later, the deaths of a 50-year-old man and his ten-year-old son who drowned on the Palm Beach in Acre were also determined.
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