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Leslie Ash has been awarded damages for her hospital drama.

But what was the result?

Well, she won more than £500,000 in damages for the hospital superbug that halted her telly career and almost killed her.

Les is still recovering and can only walk with the aid of a stick.

The payout comes just weeks before she was due to start a £1m lawsuit against the NHS grande fromages.

Her lawyers said the Les lost out on "hundreds of thousands of pounds" in future earnings.

Her solicitor told the Daily Mirror: "Matters are at a delicate stage, but we are no longer going to court. It will be settled this week."

Les got MSSA, a variant of MRSA, at London's Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in April 2004.

She was originally admitted to the hospital with a punctured lung and two broken ribs, which she claimed were the result of "vigorous" sex with her hubby, ex-footballer Lee Chapman.

She was discharged days later but returned after losing all feeling in her legs - and ended up confined to a wheelchair.

Since then, they've wrangled it out to settle on a damages sum.