SOMERSET WEST, South Africa (AP) – Oscar Pistorius was taken from prison to a hospital Thursday for medical examinations and will be kept at the facility overnight amid South African media reports that the former track star and convicted murderer was suffering from chest pains.
Pistorius was taken to the hospital Thursday morning and was expected to return to the prison later the same day, Department of Corrections spokesman Logan Maistry told The Associated Press. However, Pistorius will now stay overnight in the hospital “for observation,” Maistry said.
Maistry declined to give details of Pistorius’ medical complaint, citing department rules preventing the divulging of information on offenders. He said only that Pistorius was having “medical examinations.”
Reports claimed Pistorius was suffering from chest pains and was taken from Atteridgeville Prison to the emergency department at Kalafong Hospital in the South African capital Pretoria by ambulance, and escorted by armed guards.
Maistry declined to comment on the reports, while a spokesman for Pistorius didn’t immediately return a phone call from the AP seeking comment.