A person was taken to hospital after falling ill at a gym in Gidea Park.

The London Ambulance Service (LAS) was called to Helen Road at 1.49pm yesterday (April 25) to reports of a male unwell at the David Lloyd Gidea Park gym nearby.

LAS sent ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast-response car and an incident response officer to the scene.

After finding the person who had fallen ill, LAS personnel provided treatment at the scene and subsequently took the individual to hospital.

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"Our first paramedic was on the scene in just six minutes," an LAS spokesperson said.

In a separate incident in Hornchurch, a man who was reported unwell at Harrow Lodge Leisure Centre died yesterday.

The Metropolitan Police said the death was being treated as unexpected, but not suspicious.