Boy remains critical after found in pond

The young boy found unconscious in a backyard fish pond at a Fairfield West house is still fighting for his life at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead.

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The young boy found unconscious in a backyard fish pond at a Fairfield West house is still fighting for his life at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead.

Emergency services arrived at the house around 10.30am on Monday, January 2 where the toddler was found motionless and unresponsive in the pond of the house they were visiting.

A police spokesman said two-year-old Henry Tran was currently undergoing further tests and remained critical in the hospital’s intensive care unit.

A 2 year old is taken to hospital after being pulled from a pond in Fairfield West. Photo Jenny Evans

Neighbours rushed to help the family and administered first aid to the boy.

“I came out and saw the boy lying on the ground ... he was already unconscious and they were yelling ‘help, help, help’,” Ramsey Vong, told the Daily Telegraph.

The near drowning is second in the area in the past month, with a four-year-old Fairfield boy pulled by life guards at the public pool at Vine St in Fairfield on December 17.

The four-year-old was taken to Liverpool Hospital for assessment and later released.

Labour MP Guy Zangari speaks out on the recent drownings. Photo: Tim Clapin

Cabramatta state Labor MP and emergency services spokesman Guy Zangari said the government needed to act on reducing unnecessary deaths.

“The government needs look at it as a whole,” said Mr Zangari.

“Whether it be ponds, aquariums, pools or spas, water is part of our way of life; it’ part of our culture and I don’t want finances to be the deciding factor in parents not being able to give their children basic water survival skills.

“We need to make swimming lessons more accessible for all families to end this crisis.”