Magen David Adom reported that a 17-year-old boy lost consciousness, presumably due to a medical episode, while in a pool in Tzfat on Tuesday evening. MDA medics treated him and evacuated him to Ziv Hospital in serious condition, unconscious.
01 · THE DISPATCH
On Tuesday evening at 21:39, Magen David Adom received a report of a teenager who lost consciousness in a swimming pool in the northern city of Tzfat. MDA medics provided treatment and evacuated a 17-year-old boy, unconscious and in serious condition, to Ziv Hospital. The cause of the collapse is believed to be medical, according to the MDA statement. The incident adds to a string of pool-related emergencies across Israel this summer, which The Zioneer has covered extensively.
02 · How it developed
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