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Supporting older patients as the elderly population grows

India

At the end of 2022 , the world reached 8 billion people and India is set to overtake China to be the most populous country .
Due to advances in healthcare , people are surviving previously deadly ailments and living longer – yet this is putting pressure on the healthcare sector to care for what is an ageing population that ’ s gradually expanding .
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