Gazza's hospital heart scare

BOOZY soccer legend Paul Gascoigne dashed to hospital in a heart scare, it emerged last night.

Gazza, who is 40 tomorrow, complained of chest pains just days after a drunken trip to Dubai.

He was taken to Barnet General Hospital in North London yesterday and had tests including an ECG heart scan.

But the ex-Spurs and England star yesterday claimed he only went for treatment for his BURNT FEET. And he denied he was drunk.

A source who saw Gazza at the hospital at 2.30am said: “Paul looks terrible. He’s very thin and his hair is falling out. His trousers are hanging off and he must have lost weight.”

Gazza — who has battled booze for years — said he burnt his feet on hot sand in the Gulf resort.

And his dad John said he had a “reaction to medication” taken after he burnt his feet.

But a source told The Sun the star had a series of tests, including an ECG, before leaving 90 minutes later, declaring he was feeling better.

An ECG, or electrocardiogram, is a test recording the activity of the heart.

Gazza — staying at an £85-a-night motorway services hotel since his holiday — said: “I wasn’t drunk, it’s my feet. In Dubai, I stupidly played football on the sand without shoes on and I burnt my feet. They are really sore.”

Student Oliver Miocic, 18, said he saw Gazza “hammered” in a Dubai bar.

Gazza’s agent Jane Morgan said: “Paul categorically denies having any heart palpitations or tests on his heart. He went to have his feet bandaged.”