Frustration expressed over communication in RUH emergency room

Ashley Smoke says she felt like she was constantly advocating for her 12-year-old son, who had an appendectomy after his second visit to Royal University Hospital‘s emergency department. Hours earlier, a doctor sent him home, saying he had the flu.
By the time Cashius Graham was wheeled into surgery on Nov. 10, the surgeon confirmed his appendix had perforated. Complications followed, which required surgery to repair his intestines and remove a piece of his appendix, which an X-ray indicat