Girl, 9, in deep sedation after flood

(ANSA) - Rome, August 21 - A nine-year-old girl was placed in deep sedation after being critically injured in Monday's flash flood in a Calabrian national park, medical sources said Tuesday.
    The girl was hit full on by a rain-fuelled swell of the Raganello river in a canyon in the Pollino National Park.
    She is being sedated in Rome's Policlinico Gemelli Hospital after being moved from a Calabrian hospital.
    The girl, who is being artificially ventilated, is suffering acute respiratory insufficiency due to inhaling muddy water, doctors said.
    She is in the Gemelli IC unit.