A four-year-old boy is fighting for his life after he drowned at a hotel pool in Gran Canaria.
The kid was pulled from the water on the south side of British holiday hotspot on Saturday afternoon.
Emergency crews first took him to a close-by private medical centre in San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
Nonetheless, his condition deteriorated and specialist rescue teams were called in to take him to a specialist unit within the capital, Las Palmas.
Medics from the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC) rescued the kid by helicopter before landing at a faculty automobile park.
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The teen was then met by an ambulance, which raced him to the island’s University Maternal and Child Hospital.
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Officials confirmed the boy had shown clear signs of severe drowning before the emergency transfer was triggered.
The kid stays in a serious condition.
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