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Toddler airlifted to hospital after fall from first floor

Two-year-old said to be in stable condition following fall from Wexford building

File photograph of a ward at Temple Street Children’s Hospital in Dublin. A two-year-old child remains in intensive care at the hospital after falling from the first floor of a building in Wexford. File photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
File photograph of a ward at Temple Street Children’s Hospital in Dublin. A two-year-old child remains in intensive care at the hospital after falling from the first floor of a building in Wexford. File photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Fri Apr 17 2015 - 16:15

A two-year-old child who suffered severe head injuries after falling from the first floor of a building remains in a serious but stable condition.

The toddler fell from the building in Wexford. The exact circumstances of the fall have yet to be determined.

Emergency services initially took the child to University Hospital Waterford before a decision was made late last night to transfer the boy to Dublin by air ambulance.

The Coast Guard Rescue 117 helicopter was called in to bring the toddler from Waterford to Dublin Airport before he was taken by ambulance to Temple Street Children's Hospital at about 3am.

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A hospital representative said that the child’s condition has improved but he remains in the intensive care unit.

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