A Greek shipping heiress who recently overcame cancer has died from an insect bite after being turned away from hospital, family claim.

Marissa Laimou, 28, was found dead in her London apartment by her housekeeper on Thursday.

The cause, according to her mother, was toxic shock from a bug bite.

“My daughter had survived cancer and died from an insect,” Bessy Laimou said, according to media in Greece .

The type of insect remains unconfirmed.

Laimou had felty dizziness, itching and a fever on September 8 and her condition continued to deteriorate following an at-home consultation with a doctor, who prescribed her paracetamol.

Family and friends said she was taken by ambulance to a hospital later in the week, but nurses who examined her found she did not need to be admitted.

After be

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