Boy, 8, drowns in Tobago

Relatives of O’Shea Charles, eight, said when he was pulled from the water he had a faint pulse although he was unconscious.

They said two nurses tried to help the boy and was doing a good job but when two lifeguards arrived, they stopped the women saying the women were not known to them.

Charles was taken to Scarborough General Hospital were further attempts to resuscitate him were futile. He was pronounced dead on arrival. Relatives claimed that at the beach the emergency medical technicians “strolled” onto the scene with no urgency, and believed if both the life guards and emergency personnel had been more professional, Charles would have survived.