Open Justice reports a week later she had emergency surgery to remove the appendix and a section of intestine, because of infection. The Department of Corrections accepts the care was not up to ...

A prisoner with a burst appendix claimed she was told to “ride out” painful and worsening symptoms a nurse said were just a ...

A Scottish woman who thought she had a burst appendix was shocked when she found out she was pregnant — and gave birth 40 minutes later. Anna Jackson, 22, started getting a pain in her abdomen but put ...

A prisoner with a burst appendix was told it was a stomach bug, and waited six days to be admitted to hospital for surgery.

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Dear Doctors: I had a pain on the right side of my abdomen. A CT scan found a perforated appendix with an abscess. I was treated with IV antibiotics, and now I am feeling fine. Do I need to have my ...