Leslie Ash gets £5m payout After Getting Superbug

It has been reported that Leslie Ash who contracted an infection similar to MRSA in hospital, has been awarded a record-breaking compensation package after suffering years of paralysis in her lower body.

The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital agreed yesterday to pay Leslie £5 million.

The NHS Litigation Authority said that the payout set a new record for compensation in a case of hospital-acquired infection, adding that the size reflected her prospective future loss of earnings.

In April 2004 Leslie was admitted to hospital with a punctured lung and two fractured ribs after falling out of bed while making love. At the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital her lung was drained. When she was ready to leave she noticed what looked like a boil between her shoulder blades. She was discharged but began to feel sick and suffer pounding headaches. She woke up one morning unable to move her legs

Doctors discovered an abscess on her spinal column. They cut through two vertebrae to reach it and stop the infection spreading. Leslie was left with chronic paresthesia caused by nerve damage to her spinal column. She could not feel or move her legs Hours of physiotherapy have allowed her to walk, although she still uses a walking stick

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