{"id":328722,"date":"2026-05-04T00:15:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=328722"},"modified":"2026-05-04T00:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:45:46","slug":"boy-4-fighting-for-all-times-after-drowning-in-hotel-pool-at-british-holiday-hotspot-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/boy-4-fighting-for-all-times-after-drowning-in-hotel-pool-at-british-holiday-hotspot-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy, 4, fighting for all times after drowning in hotel pool at British holiday hotspot | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption>The boy was left in a critical condition after the drowning (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A four-year-old boy is fighting for his life after he drowned at a hotel pool in Gran Canaria.<\/p>\n<p>The kid was pulled from the water on the south side of British holiday hotspot on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews first took him to a close-by private medical centre in San Bartolom\u00e9 de Tirajana.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, his condition deteriorated and specialist rescue teams were called in to take him to a specialist unit within the capital, Las Palmas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot ad-slot-container connatix_placeholder_desktop ad-slot-large ad-slot-medium ad-slot-small has-ad-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_197389611-6b51.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28220268\" alt=\"Puerto Rico beach - Gran Canaria, Canary Islands.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The helicopter rescue effort spanned the island (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Medics from the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC) rescued the kid by helicopter before landing at a faculty automobile park.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tJoin for all of the most recent stories\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>Start your day informed with Metro&#8217;s <strong>News Updates<\/strong> newsletter or get <strong>Breaking News <\/strong>alerts the moment it happens. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The teen was then met by an ambulance, which raced him to the island\u2019s University Maternal and Child Hospital.<\/p>\n<div class=\"trending-now trending-post-strip\">\n<ol class=\"trending-now__list\">\n<li class=\"trending-now__list-item accent--uk accent--news\" data-ico=\"trending-ico\">\n<div class=\"article-card\" post-id=\"28207451\">\n<div class=\"article-card__image\">\n<div class=\"img-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_295492691-43db.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646&#038;h=363&#038;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-metro_16_9_medium size-metro_16_9_medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Emergency services at the scene of a reported shooting in Brixton, south London, which took place in the early hours of Saturday, May 2nd. 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