Media figure Derryn Hinch is back in hospital amid ongoing health battles.

According to Hinch’s Facebook page, the veteran broadcaster is being treated for an infection in his legs following a fall.

The post, made by his assistant, showed the 81-year-old lying in his hospital bed.

“Hinch in hospital with infected legs after a fall. No post for awhile (sic),” the caption read.

Comments flooded the post in a sign of support for the journalist, with many wishing him a quick recovery.

The 81-year-old has faced a series of heath concerns over the years, including a cancer diagnosis which led him to undergo a liver transplant in 2011.

In June last year, the New Zealand-born media figure revealed he was facing a battle with skin cancer.

Hinch underwent five weeks of daily radiation treatme

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