India, Sept. 17 -- A 28-year-old Greek heiress has died from an insect bite after two hospitals turned her away, her family has claimed. Marissa Laimou, heiress to one of Greece's most prominent shipping dynasties, was found lifeless in her London apartment on Thursday.

According to a report by The Independent, Laimou, who recently beat breast cancer, had been discharged from hospital with a diagnosis of an insect bite just a day before her demise. Doctors said that she didn't need to be admitted, and sent her home with antibiotics, her mother, Bessie, claims.

"She was bitten by an insect, she was itchy, she went to the doctor, she took antibiotics, she ate, she slept and she never woke up. My daughter was saved from cancer. My little c...