A man was taken to hospital after suffering a medical episode while shopping in B&M Bargains in Darlington yesterday.

Emergency services were on the scene on Northgate before transferring the patient to hospital.

The incident occurred shortly before 12pm yesterday (Monday, April 24).

A NEAS spokesperson said: “We were called at 11:47am to a medical incident at a shop in Northgate, Darlington. We sent one emergency ambulance and transported one patient to Darlington Memorial Hospital.”

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Concern for the gentlemen spread on the community Facebook group, You Know You’re From Darlo When.

Sarah Jane Woodward said: “The ambulance has been there a while. I saw it in town. Hope he’s ok.”

An admin for the page commented on the post regarding the incident, saying “From the gent: ‘To the people who stayed with me this morning in B&M store thank you I had a hypoglycaemia due to my diabetes suffered a badly cut head but stitched up now.’”