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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A KwaZulu-Natal mother found her 2-year-old daughter floating in their swimming pool in Avaco, Durban, on Sunday morning. The toddler was unresponsive.<\/p>\n

Concerned neighbours rushed over, performed first aid and resuscitated the little girl, while her mother watched in horror.<\/p>\n

Paramedics from Netcare 911 arrived shortly thereafter and stabilised the toddler.<\/p>\n

READ<\/b> | KZN community chases down murder suspect after guest house chef stabbed 15 times<\/b><\/p>\n

Private security company, Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA), said neighbours contacted their office for assistance at 09:04.<\/p>\n

\u201cReaction officers were immediately dispatched and on arrival discovered that the child had been successfully resuscitated by neighbours who commenced cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the unresponsive child,\u201d RUSA said.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ<\/b> | Police storm KwaZulu-Natal mayor’s home, lawyer condemns ‘police brutality’<\/b><\/p>\n

The scary incident unfolded at the family’s Mill Road home.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Netcare 911 specialised medical helicopter landed near the scene and airlifted the child to hospital,\u201d RUSA said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst confirmed the incident: “We arrived and offered advanced life support treatment on the child, ventilated the child, put the patient in a helicopter to hospital.”<\/p>\n

Netcare 911 advised parents to always be extra vigilant when it comes to swimming pools when they have small children.<\/p>\n

Herbst said: “A baby can drown in the smallest body of water, eg. ponds, fish tanks, bucket baths, and even Jacuzzis.”<\/p>\n

He advised parents to:<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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