An 11-year-old boy drowned in the sea in Tel Aviv, his condition is serious

The boy was pulled from Charles Clair Beach while unconscious, and was taken by MDA paramedics and medics, during CPR, to the Ichilov Hospital. He is sedated and ventilated, and hospitalized in the pediatric intensive care unit

Uri Sela

07/24/2022

Sunday, July 24, 2022, 6:07 p.m. Updated: 6:15 p.m.

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The child was taken to the hospital during CPR (Photo: MDA)

An 11-year-old boy drowned today (Sunday) at Charles Clair beach in Tel Aviv and was pulled from the water when he is in a serious condition and is unconscious.

He was taken to the Ichilov Hospital in the city, where he is admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit while being sedated and ventilated.

In the afternoon, the MDA team was called to the beach in Tel Aviv. The MDA paramedic, Miriam Kuznitz, said that when they arrived at the scene, "we were led to the boy who was lying unconscious, lifeguards performed CPR on him after he was pulled out of the water."

The MDA medics and paramedics continued performing advanced resuscitation operations "which included massages and breathing, we put him in an intensive care vehicle and evacuated him to the hospital while continuing to perform resuscitation operations when his condition is critical."

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Since the start of the bathing season, many drownings have been recorded at beaches across the country.

Last week, an 83-year-old man drowned at Dor beach, after suffering cardiac arrest.

Last weekend, two men in their 70s drowned and were seriously injured - the first case at Bat Galim Beach in Haifa and the second at a public pool in Kiryat Ono.

On July 11, Hani Abu Rish, a 49-year-old resident of Yerka, father of six and deputy commander of Ofer prison, drowned when he saved his 17-year-old daughter from drowning in front of Betza Beach in the village of Rosh Hankara in the north.

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