Parents speak out after surgery delay

By Tim Dornin
Updated April 12 2021 - 3:32pm, first published 3:28pm
A seven-year-old girl had to wait eight hours to see a doctor before her appendix ruptured.
A seven-year-old girl had to wait eight hours to see a doctor before her appendix ruptured.

A young girl's appendix ruptured as she waited for hours in a crowded hospital emergency department in Adelaide, prompting an official investigation and an apology from the South Australian premier.

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