Worldwide Shortage Of Radioactive Isotopes For Medical Scans

Scientists today announced that radioactive isotopes which are used for medical scans and treatments suffer from a global shortage. About Twenty million medical scans are done each year which necessitate radioactive isotopes, so lack of these vital life-saving materials represents a true hazard to patient care and may cause significant elevation of healthcare costs. This fact was revealed at a symposium at one of the opening sessions of the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.