Teen endures 24-hour ordeal for appendicitis surgery

A 17-year-old boy suffering from what turned out to be acute appendicitis was subjected to a nightmarish ordeal for over 24 hours, before finally getting the surgery he urgently needed, it emerged on Wednesday.

The distraught mother reported having to drag her son, while he suffered through intensifying pains, through three different hospitals where the pair were repeatedly told to wait and were ignored.

The teen’s mother filed a complaint with patient watchdog association...