Mértola: Youth dies of illness in the river beach of Mina S.Domingos.
A couple of 16 year old, natural do Porto, He died on the afternoon of Thursday, while swimming in the river beach of Tapada Grande, Mina de São Domingos, Mértola.
Moisés Oliveira, user of the therapeutic community Horta Quinta da Nora-Association of Therapeutic Responses, located in Castro Verde, He felt unwell, It was still taken with Water of Life by lifeguard, who was watching the beach, would however died.
The case happened about 13.30, and after removal of water, the young man went into cardiac arrest, having lifeguard started immediately resuscitation maneuvers.
According to Captain Ribeiro information, do Comando Territorial de Beja da GNR, "Firsts firefighters and then operating the Beja VMER sought for nearly an hour to resuscitate the patient, but without success", finished.
The death was declared on site about the 15,00 hours, having the body was removed three hours later by Mértola Fire, to the Medico-Legal Office of Beja Hospital, where it will be tomorrow (Monday) autopsied.
The young man was part of a group of therapeutic community users Quinta Horta da Nora, what, to what has been possible to determine, the institution had taken to spend the day on the river beach.
Despite several contacts made to central services and therapeutic unit Horta Quinta da Nora, both located in Castro Verde, Could not get any reaction about what will have been the origin of the death of Moses Oliveira.
The river beach at Tapada Grande Mine of São Domingos, It exists from 2000, It is unique in the Alentejo interior and received in 2016, the fifth consecutive year the Blue Flag, which never recorded a death case.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
