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Singer Amy Winehouse in hospital | Singer Amy Winehouse in hospital |
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Singer Amy Winehouse has been taken by ambulance to hospital in London. | Singer Amy Winehouse has been taken by ambulance to hospital in London. |
A spokesman for the 24-year-old confirmed she had been taken to University College Hospital after suffering a "reaction to medication". | |
There have long been concerns about the singer's health, and she received hospital treatment last month for traces of lung disease emphysema. | |
She will stay in hospital overnight and a decision will be made whether to discharge her on Tuesday morning. | |
The ambulance was called to her house in Camden, north London. | The ambulance was called to her house in Camden, north London. |
A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We were called at approximately 8.40pm to an address in NW1 to reports of an adult female taken unwell. | A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We were called at approximately 8.40pm to an address in NW1 to reports of an adult female taken unwell. |
"We sent an ambulance and a fast response car and the patient has been taken to hospital." | "We sent an ambulance and a fast response car and the patient has been taken to hospital." |
Under observation | |
Police were called at about 2100 BST to clear a path for the ambulance through waiting photographers. | |
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We were asked to assist in the London Ambulance Service leaving the vicinity where a crowd of photographers had gathered." | |
Winehouse's father Mitch, who has previously expressed fears over the effect his daughter's drug use has had on her health, is with the singer in hospital. | |
Her spokesman Chris Goodman said late on Monday: "Amy Winehouse suffered a reaction to medication at home this evening and was taken to hospital. | |
"Doctors have advised that she will be kept under observation overnight and is likely to be released tomorrow." |