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INSANE: People living longer makes ailing health system sicker | Vintage Vibes

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Adding more hospital beds not seen as the solution as ED admissions for over-65s rise alarmingly. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Adding more aged care beds won't be enough to help hospital emergency departments prepare for an ageing population, the health minister concedes.

The admission came as a report from the Australian College of Emergency Medicine shows more older Australians are arriving in emergency rooms and are sicker.

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