Elderly suffer hypothermia at home: study

By Melissa Meehan
Updated June 17 2019 - 12:48pm, first published 12:42pm
Half of the elderly patients who present to Melbourne hospitals with hypothermia live alone.
Half of the elderly patients who present to Melbourne hospitals with hypothermia live alone.

Increasing numbers of Victorian pensioners anxious about turning on the heating are being treated for hypothermia in a "concerning" trend that has alarmed authorities.

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