An American man has died at Patong Hospital after being pulled from the surf at Kata beach late on Sunday. The man, aged 60, was revived and appeared to have survived drowning but collapsed on the beach. Phuketwan has been given a name but is withholding it until relatives have been notified.
PHUKET: A Western surfboard rider is being treated in the emergency ward at Patong Hospital tonight after he almost drowned at Phuket's Kata beach today.
About the same time as the man was being pulled from the water, lifeguards further south at Nai Harn beach were rescuing a 13-year-old Thai girl. The girl, pulled from a section of the beach where a rip pulls swimmers out to sea, was being kept in Vachira Phuket Hospital tonight in Phuket City for observation.
Lifeguards were called into action at both beaches about 6pm, although it was a red flag day - a day in which swimming is banned in theory - at both beaches.
The man at Kata had gone out on a surfboard and found himself in difficulties. Brought to the beach, he was revived by lifeguards and given oxygen. Then he suffered a relapse and was taken to hospital.
Five swimmers drowned at Phuket beaches in the space of four days late last month.
A different face a different name same unfortunate news every week thats so very avoidable.
Posted by slickmelb on July 8, 2013 05:42