With ED wait times soaring and thousands of elderly patients trapped in hospital beds awaiting aged care, Dr Justin Thompson warned that Australia's healthcare system is facing a critical bottleneck. 

With ED wait times soaring and thousands of elderly patients trapped in hospital beds awaiting aged care, Dr Justin Thompson warned that Australia's healthcare system is facing a critical bottleneck.&nbsp;

Join Michael McLaren on 2GB Afternoons for a mix of news, opinion, entertainment and fun from 12.00pm - 3.00pm, Monday to Friday.

You can contact the show on the text line 0460 873 873

Join Michael McLaren on 2GB Afternoons for a mix of news, opinion, entertainment and fun from 12.00pm - 3.00pm, Monday to Friday.
You can contact the show on the text line 0460 873 873

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Australia’s aging population pushes emergency departments to a tipping point

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Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Wednesday, 14th October

Warning that streaming Nidal Hasan's execution would be "barbarism masquerading as transparency," Michael McLaren questioned where modern society draws the line on public violence. 

He explored the unsettling contradiction between our disgust over state executions and our growing appetite for extreme violence in modern entertainment. 

Warning that streaming Nidal Hasan's execution would be "barbarism masquerading as transparency," Michael McLaren questioned where modern society draws the line on public violence.&nbsp;
He explored the unsettling contradiction between our disgust over state executions and our growing appetite for extreme violence in modern entertainment.&nbsp;

Australia’s aging population pushes emergency departments to a tipping point

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