The mobile surgical bus that takes hospital health services to rural communities is adding diagnostic equipment to its luggage.
The bus travels through New Zealand on a five-week cycle, operating at 22 different rural locations.
General manager Mark Eager says the service has been very successful, performing low-risk day surgery on more than 13,000 people over the past 10 years.
Mr Eager says they will now be taking diagnostic services to rural areas too, including ecocardiograph procedures.
