So far this summer, 24 people have died due to drowning in the Balearics, 47 cases having been attended to by emergency services. Thirty per cent of these cases have been children under the age of seven, almost always when they weren't being supervised by an adult. Two children have died, the medical director of the SAMU 061 emergency service, Txema Álvarez, saying that it is a worrying pattern that is repeated every summer. It is almost always avoidable, but some parents have a tendency to switch off when they come on holiday.
Three out of ten drowning incidents are under-sevens
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