A THREE-year-old Brit girl has tragically died after she was pulled from a hotel pool on the Greek island of Rhodes.
The tot was spotted unconscious underwater and rushed to the hospital before being airlifted to Crete for emergency treatment.
She was left fighting for her life and was in a critical condition, receiving treatment at the PAGNI hospital in Crete.
According to local media reports, CCTV footage showed she was in the water for at least ten minutes, and that she was hidden from view by inflatable balls.
A British doctor staying at the same hotel is said to have dived in to grab the girl and given emergency first aid.
He attempted to resuscitate her, but these efforts were seemingly unsuccessful.
She was then rushed to Rhodes Hospital, where she underwent an MRI.
Tragically, this showed she had suffered brain swelling – which can have permanent consequences.
Michalis Sokorelos, the hospital’s director, described her condition as “brain dead”.
He said: “The child obviously stayed in the water for a long time. She is not reacting at all.”
Police arrested the girl’s uncle, 44, and the hotel manager, 54, Dimokratiki reports.
They have denied any wrongdoing.
The toddler’s family, visiting Rhodes for a late-summer holiday, have not commented on their daughter’s accident.
Her uncle’s lawyer, Antonis Zervos, argued is client “did not see and was not near the child”.
Meanwhile, the hotel manager’s lawyer insisted the pool was small enough that it did not legally require a lifeguard.
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