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Swimmers at beach resorts shouldn’t suffer my daughter’s fate
A plea for more attention to safety from a mother whose daughter drowned off Bali.
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According to a World Health Organisation report, there are an estimated 236,000 annual drowning deaths worldwide.
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Bharoti Pande
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On Dec 27, a 49-year-old man went swimming with his teenage son in the beautiful waters off Desaru beach in Johor, Malaysia. Both were swept away by strong currents. The son was saved – not by a lifeguard, but by members of the public. The father drowned.
Reading the report of the Desaru drowning
