A WOMAN died in hospital of a stroke and bleed on the brain, aged just 48, an inquest heard.

Hayley Kristen Wood of Stoneycroft Close, Horwich, died at Salford Royal Hospital on June 8.

Bolton Coroners Court heard the private nanny suffered two aneurysm haemorrhages in 2017.

This is an uncommon stroke caused by bleeding on the surface of the brain.

Ms Wood’s mother, Christine, said her daughter left school and trained at a nursery college, and went on to work as a private nanny.

Her mother told the hearing her daughter was admitted to Trafford General and Salford Royal hospitals after a brain haemorrhage.

After four weeks in Salford Royal, Ms Wood was discharged, only to suffer a second haemorrhage and be readmitted.

The inquest she spent seven to eight months at Salford Royal.

Dr Daniel Holsgrove, a consultant neurosurgeon at Salford, said Ms Wood was readmitted to hospital with worsened neurological function and increased drowsiness, which were seen as signs of a build-up of excess fluid in the brain, indicative of a shunt blockage.

On May 25, a scan then showed how Ms Wood had an acute haemorrhage on her right frontal lobe. She died on June 8.

Dr Holsgrove ruled the medical cause of death as an intracerebral haematoma, caused by insertion of a ventricular drain, caused by insertion of a VP shunt and two, the two aneurysm subarachnoid haemorrhages suffered in 2017.

Senior coroner Tim Brennand accepted the medical cause of death decided upon by Dr Holsgrove and reached a narrative conclusion regarding Ms Wood’s death.

He said: “Hayley Kristen Wood died as a consequence of recognised complications from a necessary surgical intervention to treat an aneurysm subarachnoid haemorrhage.

“Unfortunately, the recognised complications can take away from measures intended to be life saving.”

He finished by offering his sincere condolences to her family for their loss.