A 21-year-old student who collapsed and died late at night at a city centre gym would probably not have been saved even if the gym had been fully staffed and paramedics reached him more quickly, a coroner ruled. Coroner Dr Peter Harrowing recorded that Henry Best died of natural causes after he collapsed suffering a cardiac arrest at the Pure Gym in Bristol on the evening of January 10 this year.
Dr Harrowing heard that Pure Gym had ‘learned lessons’ and made changes to the way their gyms operate late in the evening after Henry's death, reports BristolLive.
Henry Best was teetota, and a fit, healthy and active music student who helped run swimming lessons for primary school children and went to the gym regularly. The inquest heard he was a popular young man and talented musician.
