Monday, October 27, 2014

Jail for Dubai lifeguard after hotel guest drowns

Jail for Dubai lifeguard after hotel guest drowns

For illustrative purposes only (Getty Image). 

For illustrative purposes only (Getty Image). 

A lifeguard at the Country Club Hotel, Dubai who left a pool unattended for 15 minutes and returned to find a drowned guest has been sentenced to one month in prison and fined AED 2000 (US $544) reports The National newspaper.
The Filipino lifeguard, aged 31, is reported to have left the pool to get more towels and when he returned was informed by two children that a swimmer was lying motionless at the bottom of the pool. The lifeguard’s attempts to resuscitate the man were unsuccessful and he was eventually taken to Rashid Hospital where he died two days later.
The incident, which took place on July 22, 2012, was witnessed by two brothers from Belgium aged 14 and 11 who reported the accident and saw the victim swimming in the pool before climbing out. "About a minute later he dived back in, but he did not come up again and just remained on the bottom motionless," the elder brother is reported to have said.

 

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