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\n\t\tThe boy was left in a critical condition after the drowning (Picture: Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tThe boy was left in a critical condition after the drowning (Picture: Getty Images)<\/p>\n
A four-year-old boy is fighting for his life after he drowned at a hotel pool in Gran Canaria<\/a>.<\/p>\n The child was pulled from the water on the south side of British holiday hotspot on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n Emergency crews first took him to a nearby private medical centre in San Bartolom\u00e9 de Tirajana.<\/p>\n However, his condition deteriorated and specialist rescue teams were called in to take him to a specialist unit in the capital, Las Palmas.<\/p>\n \t\t Medics from the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC) rescued the child by helicopter before landing at a school car park.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tSign up for all of the latest stories\t\t\t<\/p>\n Start your day informed with Metro’s News Updates<\/a> newsletter or get Breaking News<\/a> alerts the moment it happens. <\/p>\n The youngster was then met by an ambulance, which raced him to the island\u2019s University Maternal and Child Hospital.<\/p>\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrixton drive-by shooting ‘may be linked to South London stabbing on same night’<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\tUK \tPolice issue update after explosion kills two people in Bristol<\/a><\/p>\n \tBody found in woods during search for woman, 59, missing for two days<\/a><\/p>\n \tEntire pickleball team killed in plane crash on way to tournament<\/a><\/p>\n Officials confirmed the boy had shown clear signs of severe drowning before the emergency transfer was triggered.<\/p>\n The child remains in a serious condition.<\/p>\n Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more stories like this, check our news page<\/a>.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow \t\t\tComments \t\t\t\tAdd as preferred source \t\t\t\tNews Updates<\/p>\n Stay on top of the headlines with daily email updates.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tI agree to receive newsletters from Metro\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tI agree to receive newsletters from Metro\t\t\t<\/p>\n Sign UpSign Up<\/p>\n This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy<\/a> and Terms of Service<\/a> apply. Your information will be used in line with our Privacy Policy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The boy was left in a critical condition after the drowning (Picture: Getty Images) A four-year-old boy is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,640,51,47,52,48,71],"class_list":["post-565102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-spain","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Puerto](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_197389611-6b51.jpg\")
\n\t\tThe helicopter rescue effort spanned the island (Picture: Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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