The boy was losing his breath, his mother was terrified. Telephone instruction and a dramatic fight for life

The incident took place in Frankfurt (Oder), where a Polish family lives. When a four-year-old boy's heart stopped, his mother called the Emergency Notification Center in Gorzów Wielkopolski. The operator directed the call to the center in Świecko. An experienced policeman was on duty – sub-inspector Mirko Bemben.

– As soon as he picked up the phone, he notified the Landespolizei officers and directly contacted the boy's mother. He was losing his breath and was blue. Sub-inspector Mirko Bemben gave instructions on how to help a child. Although contact with the emotional mother was difficult, she acted exactly as the policeman indicated, said junior inspector Marcin Maludy from the Police Headquarters in Gorzów Wielkopolski.

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The boy managed to breathe again before the ambulance arrived. The child was taken to hospital.

Sub-inspector Mirko Bemben has been serving at the Polish-German Center for Cooperation of Border, Police and Customs Services since the facility was established in December 2007.

The center operates between two lanes of the A2 motorway, at the former border crossing in Świecko.

According to the Lubusz police, information is exchanged through this facility on combating broadly understood cross-border crime, including investigations and investigations, and road congestion.

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– Officers of the Polish-German Cooperation Center are able to immediately provide information requested by the foreign partner in the event of road accidents, missing people or property, searches for people or cross-border pursuits. But there are calls like this one where even seconds counted – explains Maludy.