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Four-year-old in hospital after sea rescue on first day of reopened beach in Costa Blanca’s Mar Menor

By Tara Rippin • Published: 15 Jun 2020 • 18:55

A four-year-old boy is in hospital suffering ‘immersion syndrome’ after his family rescued him from the sea at Lo Pagan beach in Costa Blanca’s Mar Menor this afternoon.

THE 112 emergency health services received a call at 3.30pm reporting the incident near the Nautical Club.

Patrols from the Local Police and the Guardia Civil attended the scene, where a Mobile Emergency Unit (UME) from the 061 Emergency and Healthcare Service attended to the child, before transferring him to the University Hospital Los Arcos del Mar Menor.

The incident took place on the first day of the activation of the Plan Copla 2020 on the beaches of the Mar Menor, which includes the opening of three rescue and aid posts, Monday to Sunday between 11.30am and 7.30pm.

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Tara Rippin

Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region.
She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990.
Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol.
She loves being part of a community that has a wonderful expat and Spanish mix, and strives to bring the latest and most relevant news to EWN’s loyal and valued readers.

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