A woman in her sixties was rushed to the hospital yesterday after having lost consciousness while bathing in the Blue Lagoon. The National University Hospital has not given an official statement on her condition, but according to witnesses the woman seemed to have regained consciousness before she was taken by Ambulance to Reykjavík.
The woman, who is described as a foreign traveller in her sixties, was taken by ambulance to the National University Hospital in Reykjavík, where was cared for by doctors. The hospital does not comment on the condition of its patients.
Accidents remarkably rare at he Blue Lagoon
She was bathing in the lagoon with her husband and some other people, and then she seemed to pass out, the CEO of the Blue Lagoon told the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV. It took all of her travel companions by complete surprise. She had a pulse, and was breathing, but just passed out. She had regained consciousness when she left, he added.
Despite the Blue Lagoon being visited by more than a million people each year accidents are remarkably rare at the lagoon. This is the first time an ambulance is called to the lagoon for a accident of this seriousness for two years.
A woman in her sixties was rushed to the hospital yesterday after having lost consciousness while bathing in the Blue Lagoon. The National University Hospital has not given an official statement on her condition, but according to witnesses the woman seemed to have regained consciousness before she was taken by Ambulance to Reykjavík.
The woman, who is described as a foreign traveller in her sixties, was taken by ambulance to the National University Hospital in Reykjavík, where was cared for by doctors. The hospital does not comment on the condition of its patients.
Accidents remarkably rare at he Blue Lagoon
She was bathing in the lagoon with her husband and some other people, and then she seemed to pass out, the CEO of the Blue Lagoon told the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV. It took all of her travel companions by complete surprise. She had a pulse, and was breathing, but just passed out. She had regained consciousness when she left, he added.
Despite the Blue Lagoon being visited by more than a million people each year accidents are remarkably rare at the lagoon. This is the first time an ambulance is called to the lagoon for a accident of this seriousness for two years.
