Child Barely Survives Philippines Box Jellyfish Sting
A precious child is once again the focus of a life-threatening box jellyfish sting, another in a familiar pattern that stretches across South-East Asia. A tragic postcript to the following story, is news of further deaths: A 5-year old girl ( 17th May, 2021) and a 7-year old girl (8th June, 2021), both killed by the venom from box jellyfish stings at different beaches in Camarines Sur province, south-east of Luzon. On the Philippines island of Negros, a family was day-tripping at beautiful Nabulao Beach when disaster struck. In the afternoon of 8 February, 2021, two young children were playing in the shallows with their father when one child let out a distressing cry. The girl had been stung by a box jellyfish. What followed was a deeply harrowing experience for the family as they desperately tried to keep their child alive. The potentially lethal venom had taken hold and the little girl had fallen unconscious. On the way to the local hospital, her mother performed CPR. She eventuall