Body found 'in public toilets' at Essex hospital as police called to welfare concerns

Body found 'in public toilets' at Essex hospital as police called to welfare concerns <i>(Image: Newsquest)</i>
Body found 'in public toilets' at Essex hospital as police called to welfare concerns (Image: Newsquest)

The body of a man has been found at an Essex hospital after police were called over welfare concerns.

Police were called to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford yesterday, shortly before 3pm, after concerns for the welfare of a man.

Sadly, the body of a man, who police say was not a patient on the ward, was reportedly found in the public toilets at the hospital.

His death is being treated as unexpected, but not suspicious.

A spokesman for Essex Police said: "We were called to concerns for the welfare of a man in Broomfield Hospital, who was not a patient on a ward, shortly before 3pm yesterday (Tuesday 24 January).

"We arrived and, sadly, found a man had died.

"The death is being treated as unexpected but not suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner."