TL;DR
Three Mississippi and Alabama hospitals shut down MRI services entirely — the helium shortage hit patients before it hit chip factories.
MSM Perspective
The Times front-paged the chip angle; the hospital angle appeared in paragraph fourteen.
X Perspective
X's health community tracked the hospital shutdowns that the Times's chip-focused coverage mentioned only in paragraph fourteen.
Three hospitals in Mississippi and Alabama have shut down MRI services entirely due to helium supply depletion, according to the American College of Radiology's letter to HHS on Wednesday. Thirty-four additional hospitals across fourteen states have reduced MRI operating hours. The helium supply chain runs through the Strait of Hormuz via Qatari LNG byproduct. [1]
The Times front-paged the chip shortage. The hospital closures appeared in paragraph fourteen. On X, the hospital angle was the story.
-- RINA TANAKA, Osaka