Doctor who found baby in pond was part of search

THE doctor who found a 20-month-old boy floating in a pond was one of a number of people enlisted to search by frantic nursery staff.

Seán McGowan is in serious condition in Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Dublin after falling in the pond at Ranelagh Park while on an outing with staff from his nursery, Miss Carr’s Children’s Home.

It has been reported in the past few days that it was only when a female doctor saw the toddler floating in the water that the alert was raised.