Brit girl, 3, fighting for life after pool horror on holiday Greek island | World | News
The condition of a three-year-old British girl, who was found unconscious underwater in a hotel pool on the Greek island of Rhodes, is in critical condition. The little boy, an only child, was pulled from the water and taken to the hospital for an MRI. Tragically, the results showed that he was suffering from brain swelling, and hospital director Michalis Sokorelos described his condition as “brain death”.
A few hours later he was flown to Heraklion University Hospital in Crete. According to the Greek news site, the gruesome discovery was made around noon on Tuesday, October 14, at a hotel in Lardos, southeast of Rhodes. democratic. CCTV footage shows him remaining in the water, concealed by inflatable balls, for at least 10 minutes. It was reported that a British doctor staying at the same hotel dived to catch the woman and tried to resuscitate her, but these efforts were unsuccessful. According to the local site, the police arrested the little boy’s 44-year-old uncle and the 54-year-old hotel manager.
“The child was obviously in the water for a long time. He does not react at all,” Mr. Sokorelos said. “He was taken to hospital around 12.30. The incident is very serious.”
A CT scan showed traces of brain activity and a neurosurgeon said he still had hope.
Giorgos Chalkiadakis told ERT Heraklion: “The child arrived around 21:00 in the evening and was immediately taken to the operating room.
“The CT scan showed minimal activity in one part of the brain. We began a long surgery to relieve brain edema.
“The surgery was completed in the early hours of the morning,” he continued. “The child remains intubated in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. We hope as long as he is breathing.”
The family of the young girl, who visited the popular Greek island for an end-of-summer holiday, also commented on the accident.
His uncle’s lawyer, Antonis Zervos, argued that his client “did not see the child and was not with him.”
The hotel manager’s lawyer also insisted that the pool was too small to legally require a lifeguard.
