Calls for federal government to help 'stranded Australians' waiting in hospital for aged care bed.

ABC NEWS (Australia) 2025-11-16

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Queensland's health minister says the state's public hospitals are bearing the brunt of a critical shortage of nursing home beds that's costing taxpayers more than two-million dollars a day. Elderly people and dementia sufferers are among those stranded in hospital beds as they wait for a position in residential aged care.
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