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  "id": 14019498,
  "title": "Emergency doctors warn of ‘terrifying’ crisis Australia is not prepared for",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/emergency-doctors-warn-of-terrifying-crisis-australia-is-not-prepared-14019498",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/healthcare/emergency-doctors-warn-of-terrifying-crisis-australia-is-not-prepared-for-20261013-p613ts.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "Emergency departments will brace for a 411 per cent increase in patients aged 85 and over by 2050 as doctors warn Australia is at the beginning of a steep curve.",
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Emergency doctors warn of ‘terrifying’ crisis Australia is not prepared for",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/emergency-doctors-warn-of-terrifying-crisis-australia-is-not-prepared",
        "published": "2026-10-12T18:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}