'Return a HealthCheck object based on the healthcheck name.
:param  name: The name of the healthcheck
:type   name: ``str``
:return:  A GCEHealthCheck object
:rtype:   :class:`GCEHealthCheck`'

def ex_get_healthcheck(self, name):

    request = ('/global/httpHealthChecks/%s' % name)
    response = self.connection.request(request, method='GET').object
    return self._to_healthcheck(response)
