A two-year-old girl has died in hospital days after she was pulled unconscious from a pond in Melbourne's inner-west.
Emergency services were called to Footscray Park on Monday night after reports the toddler was found "face-down" in the pond.
She was treated by paramedics at the scene and taken to the Royal Children's Hospital in a critical condition but died last night.
Director of trauma services Warwick Teague said three other children had been involved in accidents near the water in the past week.
"Two further children have sustained important injuries whilst boating, one from an engine explosion and another from having been driven over and sustaining significant propeller injuries," he said.
"These children are recovering from their injuries, one having undergone significant surgery overnight," he said.
It comes after police recovered the body of a woman who went missing on Thursday morning near Phillip Island in the state's east.
Associate Professor Teague said parents need to pay attention to children around the water this weekend.
"As we head into another expectedly hot new year's weekend, it is very timely to remind ourselves of the absolute importance of constant vigilance and attention to water safety," he said.
Not an isolated incident
An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death of the two-year-old in Footscray, but police said they were not treating it as suspicious.
The council put temporary fencing up around the pond while investigations were underway.
"Council will also be undertaking an audit and risk assessment to identify additional measures, and will be further guided by the police report and any recommendations from the coroner in relation to permanent measures that can be implemented to mitigate the risk of any future tragedies of this nature," CEO of Maribyrnong council, Celia Haddock said.
It's one of many incidents at the park involving a child this year.
In June, a three-year-old girl was found unresponsive in the same pond and died days later.
