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Zimbabwean toddler (2) drowns in a UK lake
16 May 2013 at 05:32hrs | Views
Billing Aquadrome
A Zimbabwean family has been left devastated after their two-year-old girl who fell into a lake in Northampton, UK in March this year died.
The little girl, who has been named as Mandifadza Munhuwa, was found in a lake at Billing Aquadrome after being missing for a short time. The incident happened on Sunday, March 10, which was Mothers' Day.
Mandi was taken to Northampton General Hospital and later transferred to Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. She went on to receive treatment at Leicester Royal Infirmary where, tragically, she died on Friday evening.
It has emerged Mandi and her father, Bothwell, went to Billing Aquadrome on the day of the tragedy, leaving her mum to have a hair done as a Mothers' Day treat. Her parents said Mandi "was excited to see the shimmering lake water".
While her father was asking staff at the Northampton holiday park about the swings, Mandi sneaked out of the building and tragically fell into the lake. She was found by one of the attendants and needed an hour of resuscitation. She sustained "significant brain damage" and needed a month of specialist care in intensive care in Leicester.
Mandi remained on a high dependency unit since the accident. Trevor White, director of corporate affairs for Pure Leisure Group, which owns Billing Aquadrome, sent his "deepest sympathies" to her family.
He said: "It goes without saying that our sympathies, not just from out staff at Billing Aquadrome, but from the whole company, go out to the family." The toddler was originally taken to hospital in a "critical condition".
She was given treatment having been found in a lake on a Northampton holiday park at around 4.30pm, having been missing for around 10 minutes. Staff at the park carried out a search for the little girl after receiving reports of a missing child and quickly located her in the water.
She was given CPR before paramedics arrived and was then taken to Northampton General Hospital. Police have said an inquest and post mortem will be held in due course.
The little girl, who has been named as Mandifadza Munhuwa, was found in a lake at Billing Aquadrome after being missing for a short time. The incident happened on Sunday, March 10, which was Mothers' Day.
Mandi was taken to Northampton General Hospital and later transferred to Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. She went on to receive treatment at Leicester Royal Infirmary where, tragically, she died on Friday evening.
It has emerged Mandi and her father, Bothwell, went to Billing Aquadrome on the day of the tragedy, leaving her mum to have a hair done as a Mothers' Day treat. Her parents said Mandi "was excited to see the shimmering lake water".
While her father was asking staff at the Northampton holiday park about the swings, Mandi sneaked out of the building and tragically fell into the lake. She was found by one of the attendants and needed an hour of resuscitation. She sustained "significant brain damage" and needed a month of specialist care in intensive care in Leicester.
Mandi remained on a high dependency unit since the accident. Trevor White, director of corporate affairs for Pure Leisure Group, which owns Billing Aquadrome, sent his "deepest sympathies" to her family.
He said: "It goes without saying that our sympathies, not just from out staff at Billing Aquadrome, but from the whole company, go out to the family." The toddler was originally taken to hospital in a "critical condition".
She was given treatment having been found in a lake on a Northampton holiday park at around 4.30pm, having been missing for around 10 minutes. Staff at the park carried out a search for the little girl after receiving reports of a missing child and quickly located her in the water.
She was given CPR before paramedics arrived and was then taken to Northampton General Hospital. Police have said an inquest and post mortem will be held in due course.
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