5-year-old Ian dies 6 days after drowning in public pool

Ian Munir Abu Ammar, 5, from Lakiyya, drowned on Tuesday in a public pool in Omer. His condition was initially defined as critical, but after resuscitation his heart resumed beating and he was taken to Soroka in serious condition. Today (Monday) his death was determined at the hospital, and his family agreed to donate his organs. Within a week, three children drowned to death: Ian, Shalom, 4, and a toddler about a year and a half old.

Ian Munir Abu Ammar, 5, from Lakiyya, drowned last Tuesday in a public pool in the community of Omer. MDA team was called to the scene, and his condition was initially defined as critical. After prolonged resuscitation, his heart resumed beating, and he was taken to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva in serious condition, sedated and ventilated. Today (Monday) his death was determined at the hospital, and his family agreed to donate his organs. Senior MDA paramedic Uriel Cohen and paramedic Wisam Abu Saad said they saw the child unconscious, without pulse and without breathing, after he was pulled from the water, and provided him with life-saving treatment. The article notes that within a week, three children drowned to death: Ian, Shalom Seginer, 4, from Jerusalem, who drowned in a hotel pool in San José del Cabo, Mexico, and a toddler about a year and a half old who drowned in a pool at a private home in Ashkelon.