A six-year-old girl who was placed in an induced coma in early June after she was found unconscious at the bottom of a pool during a swimming lesson in Paris has been released from hospital and “appears to have overcome the accident”, the mayor said. told AFP on Friday from the 19th arrondissement.

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“Everything is going much better, our fears have allayed and this week we received very good news as the little girl seems to have overcome the accident perfectly,” Francois Danault said, confirming the report by Le Parisien.

The first-grader, who attends a school in this northeastern district of Paris, was participating in a swimming lesson at school on June 5 when she was “found at the bottom of the water” in the Georges Hermant pool near Bute Chaumont.

The supervisor jumped into the water to pull her to the surface, and after CPR, firefighters took her to the hospital. At Robert-Debray Hospital, she was put into an artificial coma to facilitate treatment.

“There is an ongoing investigation led by the prosecutor’s office and an administrative investigation initiated by the city,” Dagno said Friday.

“As far as I know, there was no negligence. There was a contest of circumstances, with a student who did not want to enter the water, and for a few seconds the adults present focused on this student who refused to enter the water or appeared to be in distress,” he continued.

“Also, the investigation should establish whether the girl hit her head. It’s not so easy to establish, and children’s testimonies are fragile,” he added. About thirty first-graders from three two-shift classes of the school witnessed the incident and resuscitation.

According to Sports Deputy Pierre Rabadan, a Class X class was also present at the venue.

On the day of the accident, the mayor of the 19th arrondissement told AFP that the staff at the pool “far exceeded the legal requirements”: two swimming instructors, two sports teachers and two sports teachers from Paris City Hall, as well as three school staff. teachers, except for two lifeguards at the pool, which is run by a private operator with a government contract.