A week after being involved in an accident a woman went to the hospital complaining of abdominal pain. Surgery failed to curb the infection caused by an intestinal rupture which was undiagnosed by emergency when she was treated after the accident.
Source: summary of medical news story as reported by The Advertiser
About: Undiagnosed ruptured intestine after car accident kills woman one week later
Date: 23 May 2004
Source: The Advertiser
Author: The Associated Press
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