Teen dies from suspected sepsis just a week after cancer remission Hannah Riddell from Northumberland had only just been declared in remission from cancer.
Hannah Riddell, from Ashington, Northumberland, had battled Stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma since a diagnosis in August 2024 after she discovered a golf ball-sized lump under her arm.
Her mother, Jill Mitcheson, said Hannah had been “very pale” in hospital before the blood test and had been vomiting.
A mother is mourning the loss of her 17-year-old daughter who died from suspected sepsis just one week after receiving news her cancer was in remission.
However, during a routine blood test on January 14, Hannah suffered two seizures before her heart stopped.
