Girl Survives After Intestines Sucked Out In Pool Pump Accident
A six-year-old US girl has been hospitalised after a horrifying accident at a swimming pool, when she sat on an open drain and a powerful suction pump tore out part of her intestinal tract.
A surgeon told the family that part of her intestines had been lost.
Abigail Taylor was severely injured on Tuesday when she sat over an open drain hole in a wading pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club, according to a posting by her family on the Caring Bridge website.
The posting, which has since been taken down, said it was a "medical miracle" that Taylor was still alive.
Taylor is listed in serious condition at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. Bob Bennett, a lawyer representing the family, told the St Paul Pioneer Press she was conscious and able to speak late on Tuesday, but that she faces a series of surgeries with uncertain results.
Bennett alleged that the swimming pool's drain hole was improperly uncovered.
An official at the golf club expressed sympathy for the family and said he didn't think anything was wrong with the pool, but referred questions to the club's lawyer, who declined to comment.
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