Bloemfontein- A boy of nine got his arm stuck in a pool’s sucksion pipe at a school in Bloemfontein on Friday.

ER24 paramedics along with other services struggled for more than three hours to extricate the boy’s arm.

They managed to cut off a part of the pipe and ER24 paramedics then transported the boy to Mediclinic Bloemfontein for urgent assessment.  Part of the pipe was still attached to the boy’s arm.

“Emergency staff assisted by ER24 paramedics sedated the patient and used various tools including a grinder to remove the pipe from the boy’s arm. The procedure took approximately two hours” ER24 spokesperson Pieter Rossouw said.

The boy as well as his arm is now in a stable condition. The cause of the incident remains unknown.

-TDN

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