Baby And Toddler In Critical Condition After Near-Drowning Incident

In a backyard pool


26 March 2019

Two young children have been hospitalised in a critical condition after being discovered in a backyard pool yesterday afternoon.

The incident happened in Morayfield at 4.30pm, with two toddlers, aged 16 months and 2 years respectively, pulled from the pool in a near-drowning.

Ten Queensland Ambulance crews responded to the call out, with one toddler taken with the High Acuity Response Unit to Queensland's Children's Hospital in a critical condition.

The other child was rushed to Caboolture Hospital, and later moved to Queensland Children's Hospital.