{"id":348420,"date":"2026-03-26T06:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/348420\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:58:09","slug":"concerns-iran-war-could-hold-up-cancer-care-simeon-brown-getting-advice-as-helium-supply-crucial-for-mris-put-under-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/348420\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerns Iran war could hold up cancer care \u2013 Simeon Brown getting advice as helium supply, crucial for MRIs, put under pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI\u2019ve asked for advice in relation to helium, how much is used and what impact the war in Iran may have for access to MRI scans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAt this stage, the focus is very much on access to fuel. The longer this goes on, there will be other supply chain disruptions which could impact different parts of the healthcare sector, the ministry and Health NZ are working together with all of Government about what that might be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">Brown said he had not yet received the advice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">MRI scans are used to produce detailed 3D scans of soft tissues to diagnose and monitor conditions. They are often used in cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">Health NZ\u2019s Executive National Director, People and Culture, Health and Safety, Robyn Shearer said the organisation was \u201cmonitoring and tracking our medical supplies including helium. We have good stocks of medical supplies currently\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe continue to proactively engage with our suppliers, and we are working as part of the All of Government planning response to ensure medical supplies are prioritised should it be necessary,\u201d Shearer said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019ve asked for advice in relation to helium, how much is used and what impact the war in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1443,1665,806,6256,138,2534,536,17163,10709,124,11728,38691,2082,71,8455,134,61493,31273,28162,168436,23500,16609,3523,6722,28874,185127,111,139,69,10711,21411,9214,29023,14042,3769,19862,8238,810,6149,38916,80],"class_list":["post-348420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-about","tag-advice","tag-as","tag-brown","tag-business","tag-cancer","tag-care","tag-closure","tag-concerns","tag-could","tag-critical","tag-crucial","tag-for","tag-from","tag-getting","tag-health","tag-heath","tag-helium","tag-hold","tag-hormuz","tag-impact","tag-iran","tag-medical","tag-minister","tag-ministry","tag-mris","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-officials","tag-pressure","tag-put","tag-simeon","tag-strait","tag-supplies","tag-supply","tag-under","tag-up","tag-war","tag-whatu","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}