[LANSERIA] Girl hospitalised following nonfatal drowning

A 9-year-old girl was hospitalised following a nonfatal drowning at a swimming pool in Lanseria this afternoon.

When ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene shortly before 11H30, they found bystanders performing CPR on the girl. ER24 paramedics as well as paramedics from Fourways Life Healthcare initiated advanced life support interventions and managed to stabilise the girl at the scene before she was airlifted to hospital for further medical care.

The exact circumstances surrounding the incident are not known to our paramedics.