Girl’s appendix bursts at Adelaide hospital after waiting eight hours for surgery

Parents describe overcrowded emergency room and South Australian premier admits situation not good enough'

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.

Annabelle and David Oates took their seven-year-old daughter, Audrey, to the Women's and Children's hospital in March after their GP diagnosed her with acute appendicitis.