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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get_health_events(self, recipient):
 """ Starts a healthcheck task for `recipient` and returns a HealthEvents with locks to react on its current state. """

        if recipient not in self.addresses_events:
            self.start_health_check(recipient)

        return self.addresses_events[recipient]