# Healthcare services and Helium

Healthcare services depends on helium.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/healthcare-services-and-helium/

[Healthcare services](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/healthcare/) (industry) and [Helium](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/helium/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Helium → Healthcare services*

2 of the enterprise types in Healthcare services depend on helium; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

- **2** enterprise types depend on it
- **4 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Medical equipment and imaging suppliers: Liquid helium cools MRI magnets (criticality 4 of 5)
- Diagnostic laboratories and imaging centres: MRI scanners in imaging centres (criticality 3 of 5)

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