Air ambulance takes man to hospital after medical emergency at leisure centre

The Midlands Air Ambulance was called to the Quarry Swimming and Fitness Centre in Shrewsbury at around 9.40am.

A spokesman for the ambulance service said that the patient had been airlifted to Royal Stoke University Hospital after treatment at the scene.

He said: "We were called to reports of a medical emergency at Quarry Swimming and Fitness Centre at 9.41am.

"Two ambulances and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford attended the scene.

"On arrival we discovered one patient, a man, in a serious condition.

"Following treatment at the scene, he was airlifted to Royal Stoke University Hospital for further treatment."

The air ambulance had landed in the Quarry.