The ambulance stationed outside the Dadar pool helped save the life of a 17-year-old member on Saturday. mid-day, in a recent series of articles, highlighted the lack of safety measures at civic-run swimming pools and showed how such facilities can save life and limb. 

Around 9.45 pm, the teenager was spotted by a lifeguard in an unconscious state in the 18-foot-deep pool after accidentally slipping and hitting his chin on a corner of the deck.