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| 'Agitated' Gascoigne is sectioned | 'Agitated' Gascoigne is sectioned |
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| Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act. | Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act. |
| Hertfordshire Police confirmed he was taken to hospital on Sunday following reports that he was acting strangely in Hemel Hempstead. | Hertfordshire Police confirmed he was taken to hospital on Sunday following reports that he was acting strangely in Hemel Hempstead. |
| A police spokesman said he approached a member of the public and appeared to be unwell and in an agitated state. | A police spokesman said he approached a member of the public and appeared to be unwell and in an agitated state. |
| He was previously detained under the Mental Health Act in February following an incident at a Tyneside hotel. | He was previously detained under the Mental Health Act in February following an incident at a Tyneside hotel. |
| Emergency surgery | |
| The ex-midfielder, who has battled with alcohol and health problems, was treated at Middleton St George Hospital in Darlington for two weeks following the hotel incident. | |
| In January 2005, Gascoigne, nicknamed Gazza during his football career, was hospitalised with pneumonia and last year he underwent emergency surgery for a perforated stomach ulcer after being taken ill while he was celebrating his 40th birthday. | |
| And in the same year he was arrested for an alleged assault on a photographer outside a Liverpool city centre hotel. The charges were later dropped. | |
| A former player with Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Glasgow Rangers and Middlesbrough, Gascoigne was sacked after 39 days as manager of Kettering Town in 2005. | |
| During his football career he was capped 57 times for England. |