Two children, a boy aged three and a girl aged two, have sadly demised while playing in an old disused car , while two others are in a critical condition at a KwaZulu-Natal public healthcare facility.
It is alleged that community members noticed the children in the car and rescued them from in the hot vehicle before rushing them to the local Community Health Centre (CHC).
Nursing staff at the CHC immediately started treating the children, who were all unconscious at the time. They called for assistance from their colleagues at KZN Department of Health Emergency Medical Services, who responded to the clinic to assist in treating and then transporting the children to hospital.
Two of the children were treated at the clinic before being transported to hospital by KZN Department of Health EMS paramedics, still in a critical condition.
The exact circumstances resulting in this tragic incident will be investigated by the police.