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Leslie Ash, 64, issues health update 20 years after contracting MSSA superbug that nearly left her unable to walk: 'I will never be the same as I was'


The actress, 64, won a record £5million compensation payout in 2008 after contracting the hospital-acquired infection.

She had been admitted to hospital in April 2004 after suffering two cracked ribs after falling off her bed during a love-making session with husband, ex-footballer Lee Chapman. She had been admitted to hospital in April 2004 after suffering two cracked ribs after falling off her bed during a love-making session with husband, ex-footballer Lee Chapman (pictured in 2007) Back in 2008, Leslie successfully sued the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and won an astonishing £5million in compensation, as she had contracted the antibiotic-resistant MSSA form of the infection after an epidural needle came loose.

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