WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                      PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)            May 30, 1997
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                          InSight Health Service Corp.
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                (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


         Delaware                      0-28622                33-0702770
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(State or other jurisdiction         (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
      of incorporation)              file number)          Identification NO.)


    4400 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 800, Newport Beach, CA       92660
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          (Address of principal executive officers)             (Zip Code)

                                       
                                (714)  476-0733
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             Registrant's telephone number, including area code


                                      N/A
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       (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)




ITEM 2.   ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.

       On May 30, 1997, InSight Health Services Corp. ("Registrant"), through 
its wholly owned subsidiary InSight Health Corp. ("InSight"), consummated the 
acquisition ("Acquisition") of certain assets of Mobile Imaging Consortium, 
Limited Partnership, a Maine limited partnership ("MIC-ME") and Mobile 
Imaging Consortium - New Hampshire, a Maine general partnership ("MIC-NH") 
(collectively, "Sellers") pursuant to an Asset Purchase and Liabilities 
Assumption Agreement dated January 3, 1997 by and among Insight, MIC-ME and 
MIC-NH, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated May 30, 1997. Pursuant 
to the Asset Purchase and Liabilities Assumption Agreement and Amendment No. 
1 thereto (collectively, "Purchase Agreement") InSight acquired certain 
tangible and intangible assets, including mobile diagnostic imaging equipment 
used by Sellers in providing diagnostic imaging services to customers in the 
Northeastern United States. In addition, InSight assumed certain liabilities 
of Sellers, consisting primarily of leases relating to mobile imagine 
equipment and tractors and a lease for certain office space in Portland, 
Maine.

        The aggregate purchase price of the Acquisition was $7,650,000 and 
was determined by negotiations among the parties. As a material part of the 
Acquisition, Sellers and their affiliates entered into a noncompetition 
agreement with InSight pursuant to which neither Sellers nor their affiliates 
will hold an ownership (direct or indirect) position in, invest in, lease or 
operate (i) for five years after closing any magnetic resonance imaging 
services and (ii) for three years after closing any computed tomography 
imaging services, which would operate in Maine or New Hampshire or in any 
other area in which Sellers and their affiliates would be deemed to be in 
competition with InSight. General Electric, acting through GE Medical, loaned 
InSight $6,800,000 of the purchase price which was paid to Sellers at the 
closing of the Acquisition. The balance of the purchase price is being paid 
to MIC-ME over a twelve-month period as InSight collects the MIC-ME accounts 
receivable which were included in the Acquisition. The $6,800,000 loan bears 
interest at 10.5% per annum and is repayable on a fully amortized basis by 
InSight over seven years, commencing on July 1, 1997.

        Sellers were MIC-ME, a limited partnership comprised of eight 
individuals as limited partners and four corporate entities as general 
partners and MIC-NH, a general partnership comprised of five corporate 
entities as general partners.

      InSight provides diagnostic imaging and information, treatment and 
related management services to managed care, hospital and other contractual 
customers in 28 United States, including five major U.S. markets: California, 
the Southwest, including a major presence in Texas, the Midwest, the 
Northeast and the Southeast. The Acquisition adds three mobile imaging 
networks to InSight's existing operations in the Northeast.



ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

         (a)  Financial statements of businesses acquired.

              It is impractical to file with this report the financial 
         statements required by this Item. Audited financial statements of 
         MIC-ME and MIC-NH for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 
         required by this Item will be included in an amendment to this 
         report to be filed within 60 days after the date this report is 
         filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

         (b)  Pro forma financial information (unaudited).

              It is impractical to file with this report the pro forma 
         financial information required by this Item. Pro forma financial 
         information required by this Item will be included in an amendment 
         to this report to be filed within 60 days after the date this report 
         is filed with the SEC.

         (c)  Exhibits.

         2.1  Asset Purchase and Liabilities Assumption Agreement dated as of
              January 3, 1997 by and among InSight Health Corp., Mobile 
              Imaging Consortium, Limited Partnership and Mobile Imaging
              Consortium - New Hampshire (filed herewith).

         2.2  Amendment No. 1 to the Asset Purchase and Liabilities Assumption
              Agreement dated as of May 30, 1997 by and among InSight Health
              Corp., Mobile Imaging Consortium, Limited Partnership and Mobile
              Imaging Consortium - New Hampshire (filed herewith).

         99.1 Press Release dated June 3, 1997 announcing the completion of 
              the Acquisition (filed herewith).


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                                  SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the 
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


Date: June 16, 1997


                                  INSIGHT HEALTH SERVICES CORP.



                                  BY:  /s/ E. LARRY ATKINS
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                                      E. Larry Atkins
                                      President and Chief Executive Officer






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                                EXHIBIT INDEX

                                                             SEQUENTIALLY
EXHIBIT NO.    DOCUMENTATION DESCRIPTION                     NUMBERED PAGE


       2.1     Asset Purchase and Liabilities Assumption
               Agreement dated as of January 3, 1997 by
               and among InSight Health Corp., Mobile
               Imaging Consortium, Limited Partnership
               and Mobile Imaging Consortium - New
               Hampshire.

       2.2     Amendment No. 1 to the Asset Purchase
               and Liabilities Assumption Agreement
               as dated as of May 30, 1997 by and among
               InSight Health Corp., Mobile Imaging
               Consortium, Limited Partnership and
               Mobile Imaging Consortium - New 
               Hampshire.

      99.1     Press Release dated June 3, 1997 announcing
               the completion of the Acquisition.