TV actress
Leslie Ash has been awarded a
£5m payout after contracting the
MRSA superbug during a stay in an NHS hospital. The star, who now needs a walking stick, won the payout from the Chelsea and Westminster hospital, with the hospital trust settling on the figure before a scheduled court case in April.
Ash (who received no compensation for the Botox injection that turned her from fanciable fox into The Joker from 'Batman') landed in hospital after cracking two ribs during a strenuous lovemaking session with her husband Lee Chapman, the former footballer (though anyone who saw him play would be surprised that he could score in such a convincing manner). This makes it the most expensive shag since Boris Becker impregnated a waitress between courses in a restaurant closet.
The huge payment is in recognition of the money she has lost due to being unable to act since the virus took hold, but frankly she would have had to appear on 'Mersey Beat' until 2120 to earn that sort of cash. And if we're paying people for not being able to act then Jason Statham will be the new owner of Harrods shortly.
Undoubtedly her life has been turned upside down, but £5m still seems like a huge amount of money. Perhaps if the NHS received smaller fines in cases such as this then there might be more money to go around for fripperies such as bleach and hand wash in the first place?