Patient in Wheelchair Nearly Drowns
A Thousand Oaks man temporarily confined to a wheelchair was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday night after falling into a swimming pool and remaining submerged for up to 10 minutes, sheriff’s deputies said.
Raymond Chew Wong, 39, was brought up from the bottom of a swimming pool in the 2500 block of Whitechapel Place at 1:10 p.m., Ventura County Sheriff’s Department deputies said.
Wong was temporarily confined to a wheelchair due to illness, and his wheelchair also was found at the bottom of the pool. Deputies are investigating how the accident occurred, sheriff’s Lt. Tony Ditzhazy said.
Wong was given CPR at the pool and then taken to Los Robles Hospital, where he remained Sunday night in the intensive care unit.
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