Body of man in his 30s is found in skip outside major hospital’s A&E unit as police seal off area

• The body of a man in his 30s was found in a skip outside Doncaster hospital
• Officers found the remains near A&E in Doncaster Royal Infirmary on Friday 
• Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the man’s death

A body has been found in a skip outside a major hospital yesterday after police sealed off an area close to an A&E unit.

Police made the grim discovery of the man in his 30s at Doncaster Royal Infirmary (DRI), South Yorkshire, just before 8.30am.

Emergency services initially attended the incident, and place a cordon close to the hospital’s Accident and Emergency entrance.

But police later confirmed that the man was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

And a source from the hospital told a local newspaper that the man’s body was found in a waste disposal skip.

Police sealed off an area outside Doncaster Royal Infirmary yesterday after the body of a man in his 30s was found in a skip

The body of a man in his 30s was found in a skip outside the Accident and Emergency Unit of Doncaster Royal Infirmary yesterday morning 

A spokesperson from South Yorkshire Police said there were no suspicious circumstances, and added that a report was being prepared by the coroner’s office (file photograph) 

A spokesperson from South Yorkshire Police said there were no suspicious circumstances, and added that a report was being prepared by the coroner’s office.

They said: ‘Officers were called just before 8.30am on October 21 to a report of a body found outside Doncaster Royal Infirmary on Armthorpe Road.

‘Emergency services attended and a man in his 30s was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

‘There are believed to be no suspicious circumstances and a report is being prepared for HM Coroner.

A spokesperson for Doncaster Royal Infirmary confirmed that the hospital was running as normal, but one of its entrances was only admitting ‘urgent drop-offs’.

They said: ‘Gate 3 at the Trust is currently closed (Emergency Department and Outpatients) to everything other than urgent drop-offs and ambulances – pedestrian access is unaffected.

‘Please use either the hospital’s main entrance at Gate 4, South Block entrance near Gate 6 or the entrance opposite the Women’s and Children’s Hospital at Gate 1.’

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