Man in critical condition after suffering ‘cardiac arrest’ at Bexleyheath gym

PUBLISHED: 17:24 06 September 2017 | UPDATED: 17:24 06 September 2017

Luke May

Ambulance

Emergency services were called to the scene

Police and paramedics were spotted outside a Bexleyheath gym this morning after a visitor fell ill.

Met Police confirmed they were called just before 7.30am to Better Gym in Broadway to reports of a cardiac arrest.

A spokesperson from Scotland Yard said: “The man aged in his 30s was taken to a south London hospital in a critical condition.

“The incident is not being treated as suspicious.

“The Health and Safety Executive has been informed as is procedure.”

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