HOMELESS woman Monika Chetty, who survived on the streets for days despite suffering burns to 80 per cent of her body, has died in hospital.

The mother-of-three was found crying out for help in bushland behind Ferraro Crescent, West Hoxton, with burns to her face and body which police believe had happened on New Year's Eve.

Chetty, who had been estranged from her family for several years, eeked out a living begging in Liverpool. She slept in parks in Parramatta, Liverpool and Cabramatta, and would approach the owners of shops in food courts for free meals.

media_camera Bigge Park, Liverpool where Monika Chetty lived.

media_camera Liverpool Train Station where Monika Chetty would beg.

In the days before she was taken to Concord Hospital's burns unit she used the garden taps of houses on Ferrraro Crescent to wash herself and slept on their porches, but her burns were hidden by her long tracksuit pans, hoodie and beanie.

In the days before she was taken to hospital, she shunned help from neighbours.

Chetty was working at a nursing home when she walked out on husband Ronald Chetty four years ago, taking their sons, now aged 15 and 13, and a daughter, six, with her.

Her husband said his wife called him 3 ½ years ago to say she was homeless and he took the children.

Chetty told police the burns were the result of an acid attack in Liverpool's Bigge Park.

But residents said they had seen her with burns up to six months ago.

Police are still investigating the cause of the woman's death and will prepare a report for the information of the Coroner