Thursday, December 26, 2013

A female rescued in East London beach

Mluleki Mrwebi
26 December 2013

The National Sea Rescue Institute in East London volunteer sea rescue duty crew and Dynamic private ambulance services responded to East Beach following reports of a drowning in progress this afternoon.

NSRI Spokesperson Craig Lambinon said an arrival on-scene it was found that a local female, while being swept out to sea by rip currents, she had been rescued from the surf by a colleague and she was safely on the beach.

Lambinon said it appears that the man had rescued the female and on getting her to the beach he had attempted CPR efforts.

He added that the female has been transported to hospital by a Dynamic ambulance in a stable condition for observation for secondary drowning and it is expected that she will make a full recovery.

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