An eleven year old boy is in a serious condition in the Hospital Materno Infantil in Málaga after an accident at a swimming pool on a finca in Riogordo.
At some point, relatives of the boy, who had apparently not been swimming, realised that he had fallen into a plastic swimming pool at the finca. Two of his brothers, one of whom is a lifeguard, rescued him from the pool and began resuscitation.
He was then taken to the health centre in Riogordo where he was treated by a doctor and a nurse until the ambulance arrived. The ambulance had to come from Colmenar and the family have lodged complaints about the subsequent delay in transferring the boy to hospital.
The boy is now in the ICU at the Hospital Materno Infantil where his condition is described as serious but stable.