A $2.5 million state of the art mobile Lung Health Clinic will be in the city on Monday.
The new lung bus will arrive in Broken Hill on July 21 to provide free lung screening checks.
These lung health checks can be lifesaving by ensuring early detection and treatment of dust diseases like asbestosis, silicosis and mesothelioma.
The lung bus program provides free lung screening checks to more than 5000 workers annually in regional New South Wales.
The icare Lung Bus is travelling the length and breadth of the state, including visits to Newcastle, Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour, Taree, Tuncurry, Spears Point, Tweed Heads, Gosford, Nowra, Shellharbour, Port Kembla, Bathurst, Dubbo, Broken Hill, Wagga Wagga, Griffith and Tamworth.
The new mobile clinic features several innovations including digital chest X-ray technology, providing precise and reliable first instance imaging, enhanced spirometry (lung function) testing equipment to evaluate breathing capacity and respiratory performance.
It also has a digital monitoring systems to streamline diagnostics and care.
The Lung Health Mobile Clinic will be in Broken Hill from Monday to Wednesday.
It will be parked at Essential Energy, 610 Wolfram St, from 11.45am to 3pm on Monday, and 8am to 4pm on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Member for Barwon, Roy Butler, said it was important for mining communities to have access to these services.
“Across the electorate of Barwon we have numerous mines, Broken Hill being a well-known historic mining community,” Mr Butler said.
“It is important that workers in remote communities have equitable access to services like the Lung Bus.
“I welcome this announcement and look forward to seeing this service in more Barwon communities.”
