Friday 8 August 2008

Amy Winehouse reportedly hospitalized

LONDON () - British soul singer Amy Winehouse was released from hospital Tuesday afterward receiving treatment overnight for a reaction to her medication.





"Amy Winehouse was admitted to University College Hospital last nox. Our doctors decided to keep her overnight for observation," a spokeswoman for the London hospital aforesaid, reading from a statement.





"She had a comfortable night and was discharged today."





The 24-year-old, whose battle against drug dependance has overshadowed her recording successes, was taken to the hospital late Monday after feeling ill at her household in frederick North London.





Last month the Grammy award-winning performer was rushed to a infirmary after she fainted at home.





Shortly afterward, her male parent said in an interview that she was hurt from the lung condition emphysema and had been warned by doctors that she would die if she continued smoking drugs.





Her representatives played down the severity of the diagnosing, although a spokesman has confirmed that Winehouse had a "touch of" emphysema.





Winehouse's husband Blake Fielder-Civil was also imprisoned recently after pleading guilty to thrashing up a pub landlord in 2006 and conspiring to cover up the crime.





Fielder-Civil, world Health Organization married Winehouse in Miami last year, has served around 9 months in prison, and is expected to spend another four-and-a-half months behind bars.�






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