Health Station

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Health Stations will replenish all of your health for a price. Their actual name is Prime Health Unit, seen in many ads through Rapture.

It is possible to destroy a Health Station by dealing some damage to it with any weapon or plasmid, rendering it unusable. Such destruction produces one or more First Aid Kits. Note that splash damage from Static Discharge tonic might accidentally destroy the Health Station, so make sure to stay away from it during close combat, if you intend to keep it operational. Splash damage from explosions will have the same effect. Hacking it will reduce the cost of healing to the player, and cause enemies that use the machine to be damaged or killed; though this is in most cases useful, Nitro Splicers drop an explosive upon death, which will likely destroy the health station. You can also put a Proximity Mine to kill the enemies trying to use the machine. Hacked Health Stations will flash green in order to separate themselves from unhacked Health Stations. On the map, Health Stations are represented by a white cross, surrounded by a faint red outline, regardless of its operational state, so signs alone shouldn't be blindly trusted, and a reality check is highly recommended.

[edit] Unhacked

Cost: $16

Use: health restored to 100%

[edit] Hacked

Cost: $10

Use: Player's health restored to 100%, Splicers will take damage (In fact, since Splicers only use a Health Station when badly injured, their use of hacked Health Station results in certain death.)