12-year-old boy who got trapped in hotel Jacuzzi declared brain dead

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 9 - A 12-year-old boy who got trapped in a Jacuzzi in a hotel near Rimini over the Easter weekend has been declared brain dead by doctors in the city's Infermi hospital, sources said on Thursday. The boy was sucked into a pipe connected to the whirlpool's pump and his leg got stuck in it. His family immediately raised the alarm, and the facility staff turned off the hot tub, but by the time the 12-year-old was rescued, he was already unconscious and his heartbeat had stoppe...

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