‘Brit’ boy, 4, found face-down in swimming pool in Algarve as he fights for life in hospital

A BRITISH boy is fighting for his life in hospital after he was found face-down in a swimming pool in the Algarve.

The four-year-old was on holiday in the popular tourist resort of Praia da Luz, Portugal when he was found unconscious in a pool.

Paramedics raced to the scene and found him in a “serious condition”.

A source said the boy’s dad jumped into the water to rescue him after being under for two or three minutes.

The youngster, who is believed to be British, was taken to Portimao Hospital after the incident yesterday.

The pool where the boy was found was reportedly at a privately-owned house.

His current condition is not known at this time.

A spokesman for a regional emergency services coordination centre said the alarm was raised just after 3pm local time on Tuesday.

He said: “The fire service, a medical team and psychologists were sent to the property.

“By the time they got there the child was already out of the water and conscious.”

Firefighters said three children were playing in the water at the time.

The parents realised one of the kids was missing and discovered the young boy floating in the water after racing to the pool.

A source said: “The boy’s father jumped into the water and rescued him.

“When emergency responders arrived the child was in his father’s arms with gasping breathing.”

Another source added: “By the symptoms and the family descriptions, the boy is thought to have been in difficulties in the pool for two to three minutes.

“He was taken to Portimao Hospital’s paediatric A&E unit on a mechanical ventilator, but was already breathing himself when he got to hospital.”

It comes a week after a seven-year-old girl died in hospital two days after being pulled from a hotel pool in Majorca.

The young girl was rushed to an intensive care unit “in a critical condition” after she was rescued from a near-drowning.

Sources at Son Espases Hospital in the island capital Palma later confirmed she had died.

A routine police investigation at the four-star HYB Eurocalas Hotel in the east coast resort of Calas de Mallorca is ongoing.

And on June 5, six-year-old Corey Aughey from north Belfast died in hospital after falling into a hotel swimming pool.

He was staying with his family in the Majorcan resort of Sa Coma near the Love Island villa.

Last month, a British toddler also drowned in a swimming pool accident on the Costa Blanca.

Freddie Joseph Briggs died in the pool at his parents’ home in the village of Aigues near Benidorm on May 25.

Tributes were paid to the 19-month-old boy at his funeral service at a church in Belfast where he was christened before he was buried at a nearby cemetery.

His dad Thomas McGlynn told mourners the youngster brought happiness to those around him and enjoyed his short life “to the very full”.

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