Boy, 10, critical after Bankstown schoolyard game goes wrong
The mother of critically ill schoolboy Nedal Chemaisse has thanked the teachers and paramedics who provided first aid to him when he suffered a cardiac arrest during a schoolyard game that went “tragically wrong”.
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A SCHOOLYARD game which ended in a 10-year-old boy suffering a cardiac arrest after turning blue was a “game that has gone tragically wrong”.
Nedal Chemaisse was playing with a group of boys when they ran into the bathroom during lunchtime on Tuesday at Wattawa Heights Public School in Bankstown.
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Police said Nedal was allegedly hit by one of the group and fell backwards prompting a “medical episode”.
Teachers rushed to help Nedal and injected him with a shot of epinephrine but that failed to revive him. Paramedics treated him before he was taken to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead where he remains in a critical but stable condition.
A mother of a boy who was part of the group said Nedal was hit in the back.
“He fight with him, just a joke. He told me he give him ‘box’ and another boy he’s got on the floor and he see the face blue. He say all this just a joke, not real,” she said.
Police said they had spoken to the boys involved and would not be taking further action.
Nedal’s mother Rana Zahed Chemaisse said her son had not had issues with bullying at the school.
“We are grateful for the quick response from the school, paramedics and the NSW Police for all their efforts for saving my son’s life,” she has said.
“We’ve never had any issues with fights or bullying. I want to emphasise that he is a happy and popular child at the school and we’ve never had any problems there.”
NSW Education Deputy Secretary Murat Dizdar said that the school may take disciplinary action.
“The school will unpack the incident further, and take appropriate action where necessary in line with the school’s discipline policy,” he said.
“A number of students involved in playing a game that has gone tragically wrong. “
The teachers have been praised for their fast response.
“The teachers were doing an amazing job, there were lots of them in there and they were doing really effective CPR which really gave this child the best chance of survival,” NSW Ambulance paramedic Sasha Gregory said.