A heartbroken mum says her daughter was left paralyzed after NHS doctors repeatedly dismissed signs of cancer as nothing more than low iron. Mariam Hitchen, from Bolton, says her ordeal began on Christmas Day 2022 when her three-and-a-half-year-old daughter Hana started feeling unusually weak.
Doctors initially prescribed iron supplements, believing the little girl was simply anemic. But when the medicine made no difference, Mariam knew something wasn’t right. Her worst fears were confirmed when Hana was eventually diagnosed with neuroblastoma — a rare and aggressive childhood cancer. It wasn’t until then that treatment finally began.
