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Man fighting for life after being pulled from Tobruk Pool
GRAVE fears remain for a man who was pulled unresponsive from a Townsville pool on Saturday afternoon, as he remains in a critical condition in hospital.
The 29-year-old dive instructor was pulled from the water at a local public pool on Saturday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to the Tobruk Pool at The Strand at 1.20pm on Saturday on reports a man – who had been involved in a diving course at the pool – was under the water.
Initial reports indicated the man had taken off his air tank, and had been practising freediving in the pool before another person noticed he remained underwater and raised the alarm.
It is believed the man was conducting a diving class at the time of the incident.
When the man was pulled from the water, he was reported to be unconscious and not breathing.
Townsville Police District Duty Officer Senior Sergeant Matt Lyons said a doctor at the pool began CPR on the man before paramedics arrived.
According to Sergeant Lyons, first responders spent about 40 minutes doing CPR on the scene until the man was transported to Townsville University Hospital in a critical condition.
At the time, a spokeswoman for the hospital said the man was on life support.
On Sunday night, a Townsville Hospital and Health Service spokeswoman told the Bulletin that the man remained in a “critical” condition, but could not provide any further details.
Sergeant Lyons said officers from the Forensic Crash Unit and WorkSafe were investigating the circumstances of the incident.