French tourist’s life saved by lifeguards of the famous Gellért Bath in Budapest

The lifeguards saved the life of an elderly French tourist who fell ill at the Gellért Bath in Budapest.

Last Saturday afternoon, the elderly foreign tourist started swimming in the 1.80-metre deep water of an indoor pool at the Gellért Bath when he felt sick. At 16:20, a student lifeguard working at the baths noticed that the 71-year-old Frenchman was unwell and rushed to his aid, enbudapestem.hu reports.

Lifesaving at Gellért Bath

The Gellért Bath. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

He pulled the helpless old man out of the water, who was no longer breathing. The young lifeguard immediately started CPR.

In the meantime, a colleague informed one of the spa managers and the other lifeguard. The student continued chest compressions for three minutes, after which he and the other lifeguard continued CPR.

The paramedics arrived at the facility in about five minutes and stabilised the condition of the French man, who was taken to the emergency department of the Honvéd Hospital. The Budapest Spas cPlc. said they were proud of their colleagues’ efforts and would reward them.

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