Living in rural Saskatchewan, when there is a medical issue it can be difficult to get to the nearest doctor’s office to get it checked out.

But Moose Jaw family physician Dr. Samantha Henley found the solution.

After leaving her practice, she bought an RV and she now takes her practice on the road, diagnosing and treating people at their farm, ranch or in the field.

In her travels, Henley said one of the reoccurring themes was people who put off medical attention to the point where the issues get worse.

“At the end of the day, as much fun as I had doing all of this, the underlying theme was get things checked out,” she said.

Being a medical clinic on wheels does have challenges. Henley said she doesn’t have all the equipment she would have at a normal clinic.

“The clinic that I used to work in would have x-ray, ultrasound and other modes of investigation,” she said.

“Whereas in the RV, I have an ECG which is pretty old-school with the ledes on it being suction cup style and my point-of-care ultrasound for certain emergency screenings.”

Henley has become the subject of a new television series, Mobile MD, as cameras followed her during her adventures through Saskatchewan.

Henley had worked with producer Chris Triffo of Wavelength Entertainment in the past for a documentary on rural Saskatchewan health care.

Triffo had kept in contact with Henley after the documentary and approached her about doing a TV series.

“When she said she was getting out of her practice, buying an RV and travelling around the province being a doctor I thought that’s a TV show,” Triffo said.

Mobile MD premieres Thursday night on CityTV Saskatchewan. Future air dates and more information about the show can be found on the Mobile MD Facebook page.