China’s Covid-19 lockdowns have led to a shortage of a dye widely used in medical scans, prompting hospitals to cancel CT and other imaging procedures
GE Healthcare plant in Shanghai stopped making the Omnipaque contrast agent for several weeks during Covid-19 lockdowns
Videos shared online show anger at prolonged Covid-19 lockdowns in China’s economic capital of Shanghai, where officials are trying to solve issues including food shortages while doubling down on the country’s strict pandemic policy. Photo Composite: Emily SiuChina’s Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns have led to a shortage of a dye widely used in medical scans, prompting U.S. hospitals including the Mayo Clinic to ration supplies, postpone procedures or switch to less optimal imaging.
The shortage arose in recent weeks for iodinated contrast media products including Omnipaque, made by General Electric Co. ’s GE Healthcare unit at a plant in Shanghai. Omnipaque is given by intravenous injection to patients before imaging procedures to make internal organs, blood and vessels more visible in procedures such as CT scans.
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