diff --git a/collectors/mmhealth.go b/collectors/mmhealth.go
index 6b4455c..b274e57 100644
--- a/collectors/mmhealth.go
+++ b/collectors/mmhealth.go
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ func mmhealth_parse(out string, logger log.Logger) []HealthMetric {
 	mmhealthIgnoredEntityTypePattern := regexp.MustCompile(*mmhealthIgnoredEntityType)
 	mmhealthIgnoredEventPattern := regexp.MustCompile(*mmhealthIgnoredEvent)
 	var metrics []HealthMetric
+	var eventKeys []string
 	lines := strings.Split(out, "\n")
 	typeHeaders := make(map[string][]string)
 	for _, line := range lines {
@@ -208,6 +209,15 @@ func mmhealth_parse(out string, logger log.Logger) []HealthMetric {
 			level.Debug(logger).Log("msg", "Skipping event due to ignored pattern", "event", metric.Event)
 			continue
 		}
+		if metric.Type == "Event" {
+			eventKey := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s-%s", metric.Component, metric.EntityName, metric.EntityType, metric.Event)
+			if SliceContains(eventKeys, eventKey) {
+				level.Debug(logger).Log("msg", "Skipping event as already encountered", "event", metric.Event)
+				continue
+			} else {
+				eventKeys = append(eventKeys, eventKey)
+			}
+		}
 		metrics = append(metrics, metric)
 	}
 	return metrics
diff --git a/collectors/mmhealth_test.go b/collectors/mmhealth_test.go
index ec441d4..9484766 100644
--- a/collectors/mmhealth_test.go
+++ b/collectors/mmhealth_test.go
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ mmhealth:State:HEADER:version:reserved:reserved:node:component:entityname:entity
 mmhealth:State:0:1:::ib-haswell1.example.com:NODE:ib-haswell1.example.com:NODE:TIPS:2020-01-27 09%3A35%3A21.859186 EST:
 mmhealth:State:0:1:::ib-haswell1.example.com:GPFS:ib-haswell1.example.com:NODE:TIPS:2020-01-27 09%3A35%3A21.791895 EST:
 mmhealth:Event:0:1:::ib-haswell1.example.com:GPFS:ib-haswell1.example.com:NODE:gpfs_pagepool_small::2020-01-07 16%3A47%3A43.892296 EST::no:
+mmhealth:Event:0:1:::ib-haswell1.example.com:GPFS:ib-haswell1.example.com:NODE:cluster_connections_down:10.22.51.57,1,1:2023-07-05 16%3A33%3A11.224969 EDT:10.22.51.57:no:Connection to cluster node 10.22.51.57 has all 1 connection(s) down. (Maximum 1).:STATE_CHANGE:WARNING:
+mmhealth:Event:0:1:::ib-haswell1.example.com:GPFS:ib-haswell1.example.com:NODE:cluster_connections_down:10.22.95.17,1,1:2023-07-05 09%3A56%3A59.071165 EDT:10.22.95.17:no:Connection to cluster node 10.22.95.17 has all 1 connection(s) down. (Maximum 1).:STATE_CHANGE:WARNING:
 mmhealth:State:0:1:::ib-haswell1.example.com:NETWORK:ib-haswell1.example.com:NODE:HEALTHY:2020-01-07 17%3A02%3A40.131272 EST:
 mmhealth:State:0:1:::ib-haswell1.example.com:NETWORK:ib0:NIC:HEALTHY:2020-01-07 16%3A47%3A39.397852 EST:
 mmhealth:State:0:1:::ib-haswell1.example.com:NETWORK:mlx5_0/1:IB_RDMA:FOO:2020-01-07 17%3A02%3A40.205075 EST:
@@ -96,8 +98,8 @@ func TestParseMmhealth(t *testing.T) {
 	w := log.NewSyncWriter(os.Stderr)
 	logger := log.NewLogfmtLogger(w)
 	metrics := mmhealth_parse(mmhealthStdout, logger)
-	if len(metrics) != 10 {
-		t.Errorf("Expected 10 metrics returned, got %d", len(metrics))
+	if len(metrics) != 11 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 11 metrics returned, got %d", len(metrics))
 		return
 	}
 	if val := metrics[0].Component; val != "NODE" {
@@ -133,8 +135,8 @@ func TestParseMmhealthIgnores(t *testing.T) {
 	mmhealthIgnoredEntityType = &noignore
 	mmhealthIgnoredEvent = &eventIgnore
 	metrics := mmhealth_parse(mmhealthStdout, log.NewNopLogger())
-	if len(metrics) != 5 {
-		t.Errorf("Expected 5 metrics returned, got %d", len(metrics))
+	if len(metrics) != 6 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 6 metrics returned, got %d", len(metrics))
 		return
 	}
 	ignore = "ess"
@@ -143,8 +145,8 @@ func TestParseMmhealthIgnores(t *testing.T) {
 	mmhealthIgnoredEntityType = &noignore
 	mmhealthIgnoredEvent = &empty
 	metrics = mmhealth_parse(mmhealthStdout, log.NewNopLogger())
-	if len(metrics) != 9 {
-		t.Errorf("Expected 9 metrics returned, got %d", len(metrics))
+	if len(metrics) != 10 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 10 metrics returned, got %d", len(metrics))
 		return
 	}
 	ignore = "FILESYSTEM"
@@ -153,8 +155,8 @@ func TestParseMmhealthIgnores(t *testing.T) {
 	mmhealthIgnoredEntityType = &ignore
 	mmhealthIgnoredEvent = &empty
 	metrics = mmhealth_parse(mmhealthStdout, log.NewNopLogger())
-	if len(metrics) != 7 {
-		t.Errorf("Expected 7 metrics returned, got %d", len(metrics))
+	if len(metrics) != 8 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 8 metrics returned, got %d", len(metrics))
 		return
 	}
 }
@@ -173,6 +175,7 @@ func TestMmhealthCollector(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := `
 		# HELP gpfs_health_event GPFS health event
 		# TYPE gpfs_health_event gauge
+		gpfs_health_event{component="GPFS",entityname="ib-haswell1.example.com",entitytype="NODE",event="cluster_connections_down"} 1
 		gpfs_health_event{component="GPFS",entityname="ib-haswell1.example.com",entitytype="NODE",event="gpfs_pagepool_small"} 1
 		# HELP gpfs_health_status GPFS health status
 		# TYPE gpfs_health_status gauge
@@ -282,8 +285,8 @@ func TestMmhealthCollector(t *testing.T) {
 	gatherers := setupGatherer(collector)
 	if val, err := testutil.GatherAndCount(gatherers); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
-	} else if val != 103 {
-		t.Errorf("Unexpected collection count %d, expected 103", val)
+	} else if val != 104 {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected collection count %d, expected 104", val)
 	}
 	if err := testutil.GatherAndCompare(gatherers, strings.NewReader(expected), "gpfs_health_status", "gpfs_health_event"); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected collecting result:\n%s", err)