A TEENAGER found unconscious and face down in the Gold Coast seaway is “super lucky” to be alive after he was spotted by boaties and dragged to safety.
News by Kyle Wisniewski & Alexandria Utting 3rd Jan 2021 12:16 PM
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Subscriber only PARAMEDICS are urging holidaymakers to be much more water safe after a drowning spike as lifesavers warn about dangers of inflatables at the beach. Queensland Ambulance Service senior operations supervisor Grace Elliott said 100 extra paramedics and supervisors were rostered on for New Year s Eve-related incidents. We (saw) a number of incidents in line with intoxication, assaults, falls, that sort of thing, she said. What we have seen as an ambulance service over the past three days and something that is of increasing concern to us is the number of drownings.
People who lined up for as long as two hours at the Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital on Saturday night were left furious after being turned away when the COVID-19 testing facility shut at 9pm. The returned Queenslanders and interstate travellers who came out to do the right thing were left disappointed after they were advised by Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young to get tested immediately and isolate if they had been in Melbourne since December 21. As the only testing facility open last night, the RBWH was swamped in the hours following the announcement. The massive line was a mixture of returned Queenslanders and travellers from interstate on Saturday. Picture: David Clark