Another tragic drowning this summer: toddler in critical condition after drowning in a pool at home

A two-year-old toddler drowned in a private pool in Mateh Yehuda and was evacuated by helicopter to Hadassah Ein Kerem while undergoing resuscitation. The incident joins three drownings at sea beaches over the weekend, in which two men died and another person was seriously injured.

A two-year-old toddler drowned in a private pool in Mateh Yehuda and was evacuated by a Magen David Adom (MDA) helicopter to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem while resuscitation efforts were underway, in critical condition. The report was received at 17:12 at the MDA 101 emergency hotline in the Jerusalem district. The toddler was pulled from the water unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing, and teams began advanced resuscitation. The incident joins three drownings at sea beaches over the weekend: a man in his 60s drowned near Neve Yam beach in Atlit and died at Rambam Hospital; a 71-year-old man drowned near Blue Bay beach in Netanya and died at Laniado Hospital; and a man in his 60s was pulled from the water near the Arches beach in Herzliya and evacuated to Ichilov in serious condition. The article includes safety guidelines from the Ministry of Health: close supervision of toddlers, preventing access to the pool with a fence and locked gate, and emptying inflatable pools. It emphasizes that drowning in toddlers can occur quietly and silently, and that shallow water can be dangerous.