Campbelltown Hospital in 'crisis' as emergency operation takes a turn for the worse Demi Sita on the floor at Campbelltown Hospital. A TEENAGER left in excruciating pain on the floor of Campbelltown Hospital was rushed to surgery yesterday, as a top pediatrician warned the hospital was in "crisis." As revealed by the Daily Telegraph, Demi Sita, 17, was left on the hospital floor on Monday for nine hours with appendicitis. Yesterday, her mother Julie Ellul said the teenager was in emergency surgery. "Things have taken a turn for the worse, " Ms Ellul said. I'm so worried about her. She's in a critical condition. She didn't respond well to the morphine and antibiotics, and is twitching in her bed. Senior pediatrician at Campbelltown Hospital Michael Freelander has spoken out, saying it was a "hospital in crisis." Dr Freelander said the hospital was critically under-resourced, and the health of patients and staff was at risk. "The planning hasn't been good, the redevelopment has been slow, and they've had to reduce the numbers of beds," he said. They tell me they need to take pediatric beds for adult patients and they want to get rid of ambulatory care, and there is nothing I can do about it. Dr Freelander said he could be punished for speaking out but feels he has "zero choice." It is incredibly depressing. People feel completely worthless. I have been here 30 years, and people feel insulted. The administration doesn't understand what we do. Dr Freelander said the hospital was not coping with the burgeoning population in Sydney's south west, particularly after the creation of new suburbs in the region. Health minister Jillian Skinner was forced to apologise to Ms Sita and her family yesterday, and has ordered an investigation into the incident. "I'm very distressed that the family of this girl are distressed," Ms Skinner said. NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner. Clearly I think this was not the best possible treatment and that is why I apologise to the family. Ms Skinner said the hospital had received a funding boost of $139 million, which would include an upgrade to the emergency department. Opposition health spokesman Andrew McDonald said Demi's treatment was shocking, and shows what happens when hospitals are underfunded. Dr McDonald, a pediatrician, said Demi could have died if her appendix burst while she was left on the floor. Dr McDonald said the hospital had 36 pediatric beds and a third were not operational, and the pediatric wing of the emergency department had been closed this week. This was an accident waiting to happen - as soon as the beds were cut. Everybody expected there would be a tragedy," he said.