A healthy dad-of-two has been left with a "15 second memory" after suffering a sudden brain haemorrhage in front of his partner at home.
Former soldier Chris Hyland, 38, was rushed to hospital after getting a bleed on the brain just two days before Christmas in 2019.
He has been left needing open brain surgery after collapsing in a seizure while his girlfriend Claire rang an ambulance. The former army officer, who is a dad to five-year-old Grace and two-year-old Jake, has had his short-term memory all but destroyed as a result of his illness.
Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, Chris' partner Claire said: “He is way off able to do any work again. He is having therapy down here still and will be for quite a long time.
Read more on mirror.co.uk