A healthy father-of-one has died from a severe brain-bleed just 11 days after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, an inquest has heard. Adam Bounds, 41, passed away at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth on May 31st.

The 41-year-old began complaining about feeling sick after coming back from a friend’s barbecue and went on to be sick in the night. His father, Les Bounds, checked on him in the morning and found him to be very unwell, PlymouthLive reports.

Adam told his father he believed he may have eaten “something dodgy” at the barbecue. By lunchtime, he had begun to complain of a headache and took paracetamol. However, he continued to deteriorate to the point where his father called for an ambulance.

As his level of consciousness decreased, it was decided to take him to the emergency department at the Royal Devon and Exeter hospital. On arrival, he underwent a CT scan which revealed an acute right-frontal lobe hemorrhage that caused compression of the brain stem.

He was then transferred to Derriford Hospital for neurosurgery, however, despite the draining of the bleed, there was no improvement in his condition. Adam, a dedicated Liverpool fan and devoted dad, died on May 31st and the cause of death was listed as intracerebral hemorrhage.

Adam’s funeral on June 18th at Minster Church in Axminster was attended by hundreds of people, many from the football community. The crowd was so large that many had to stay outside the church due to COVID restrictions.

Adam had been an avid football fan and played for Axminster Town and Uplyme.

In a final gesture of his love of football, his coffin was draped with Liverpool FC and England jerseys.