EZ-Scan

The EZ-Scan is a Diagnosis machine, used only in General Diagnosis by a Nurse to diagnose patients. It is first made available during the tutorial section of Hogsport.

Appearance
In its initial form, the EZ-Scan rests on a purple trolley base containing three drawers. A white surface tops this, extending to a flat surface on the left bearing a stethoscope and patella hammer, and to a mount on the right which houses a portable scanner. Inbetween can be found two pieces of computing equipment, one being a wide beige box featuring a big green button and seven red switches set into a black panel. The other, placed above, is a smaller beige box featuring a black screen and two orange buttons.

The EZ-Scan II adds to this a container to the left hand side of the trolley section, also in purple, with two orange-topped grey bottles.

The EZ-Scan III further adds a piece of equipment to the right of the trolley, a grey box featuring an orange "H" logo, as well as another smaller screen box on top of the other, with four orange buttons.

Function
There are five methods used by nurses to diagnose patients in General Diagnosis; three of them use the EZ-Scan, rather than the Examination Table. In the first, the nurse collapses against the machine while taking readings, and has to be comforted by the patient. In the second, the nurses takes the hand-scanner from the machine and runs it over the patient's torso. In the third, the nurse will take the patella hammer from the tray and, for some reason, strike the patient on the forehead with it.

Maintenance
The EZ-Scan loses 5-10% of its maintenance gauge with each use. Once the gauge falls below 50%, a Janitor will automatically be called to repair it. A janitor can be summoned manually by the player by pressing the appropriate button.

Should the maintenance gauge fall below 15%, the machine will catch fire. A janitor will need to use an Extinguisher to put this out before the gauge reaches zero; if it is allowed to do so, the machine will explode, leaving wreckage which must be sold and replaced with a new machine before the room can resume functioning.

Upgrades
Upgrades are performed by a Janitor with the Mechanics Qualification. The machine will not be accessible while this work is being done, although it can be interrupted and resumed without losing progress.

Staff
The following Staff is required before General Diagnosis, and by extension the EZ-Scan, will function correctly:

Additionally, the following staff is required to both maintain and upgrade the machine:

Trivia

 * Originally named Diagnosis Machine.