POLICE are still investigating the circumstances of a pensioner's death after he was found collapsed in the car park of East Surrey Hospital yesterday evening (Tuesday).
Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, said the man in his 70s died near the entrance to the golf club car park on the Earlswood hospital site following an outpatient appointment.
This followed an initial statement sent this morning saying the man had "unfortunately he became seriously unwell with an unrelated illness" after leaving the hospital.
Surrey Police said they are trying to establish whether the man was hit by a car in the hospital grounds.
The newstatement from the hospital, issued at 1pm today (Wednesday) said:"We can confirm that a man in his 70's collapsed and died near the entrance to the golf club car park on the East Surrey Hospital site following a routine Out-patient imaging appointment. The police are investigating the incident to ascertain if a vehicle was involved prior to his death. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time."
