Troubled singer George Michael was taken to hospital by ambulance after falling ill, it emerged last night.
Two emergency ambulances were sent to the star’s north London home early on Thursday last week, the London Ambulance Service confirmed.
The 50-year-old fell ill and two ambulances were sent to his north London mansion after a 999 call by a worried friend.
Witnesses said the ambulances left four hours later with Michael on board. He was taken to a London hospital for emergency treatment.
Last night, his agent told The Sun’s Chris Pollard: ‘George Michael was in hospital for routine tests but there is nothing further to say.’
London Ambulance Service confirmed two ambulances were called at 8am on Thursday.
‘We were called just before 8am on May 22. We sent two ambulance crews and staff treated one patient, a man, who was then taken to hospital,’ a spokesman for the ambulance service said.
Fans have already taken to Twitter to voice their concerns for the pop icon.
One user wrote: ‘What’s happened to my beloved @GeorgeMichael? reports coming in say he’s been rushed to hospital 🙁 (sic)’.
Another hoped ‘nothing serious’ had happened to Michael.
Fears for the Careless Whisper’s health have been raised in recent years due to a spate of illnesses, his regular cannabis use and due to a bizarre incident where he apparently fell out of a moving car on the M1 last year.
The incident, which took place in May 2013, saw Michael airlifted to trauma hospital to treat a head injury.
Two years earlier the British star had suffered a bout of pneumonia while on tour in Vienna, Austria, which left him bedridden for a month while he underwent life-saving treatment.
MailOnline have contacted Michael’s representatives for comment.
