A woman is in a critical condition in hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack.
The woman, in her 50s, collapsed at a property, believed to be her home address, in Bury St Edmunds at around 11am today.
An air ambulance was called to the private address. The woman was treated at the scene before she was taken to West Suffolk Hospital by land ambulance.
Her condition has been described as “critical”.
An East of England Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We were called just before 11am dispatching two ambulances and the air ambulance.
“The woman in her 50s had collapsed at a private address and was taken to West Suffolk General by land ambulance with air escort.
“She was in a critical condition.”
An East of England Air Ambulance Service spokesman said it was believed the woman suffered a heart attack.
She said: “A woman in her 50s has been treated by medics from the East Anglian Air Ambulance after she suffered a serious medical event in Bury St Edmunds earlier today.
“The team treated the woman at the scene before she was conveyed to the West Suffolk Hospital aboard and EEAST land ambulance, escorted by the EAAA medical team.”
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