Amy Winehouse Hospitalized

 

Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse has been hospitalized after fainting at her London home.

Medics were called to her home on Monday (16Jun08) and the 24-year-old star is currently in hospital undergoing a series of tests.  A spokesman for the star says:

 ”Amy was at home this afternoon when she briefly fainted.  Fortunately, her manager’s assistant was there to stop her falling.  She quickly recovered and her father Mitch took her to hospital as a precaution. Doctors are unsure of the cause of the incident and Amy is currently undergoing tests.”

The spokesman says Winehouse is expected to remain in hospital overnight.

The 24-year-old had been signing autographs for Canadian fans who had been waiting outside her house all day, her spokesman said.

She is being treated at the London Clinic in Marylebone.

Last year, Ms Winehouse was admitted to a hospital in London suffering from “severe exhaustion”, and there were reports she was being treated in a rehabilitation clinic.

Police confirmed in May that Ms Winehouse would not face charges over a video that purported to show her smoking a crack cocaine pipe.

Earlier this year the singer was cautioned by police after admitting a common assault following an incident in Camden, north London.

Last week it was confirmed she had played an exclusive concert at an art gallery in Moscow for Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich.

And later this month she is due to be on the bill in London’s Hyde Park, at a gig marking the 90th birthday of former South African president Nelson Mandela.

WENN