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batman1
Joined: 02 Aug 2009 Posts: 19
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:32 am Post subject: Where in Asia DONT they have medical exams? |
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My best friend is looking for work in the Middle East or Asia. He has hepatitis C and therefore can't go to a country that has blood tests taken in the country where he would work. Does anyone know of a country in the above areas where he would not be tested, besides Turkey?
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Bread
Joined: 24 May 2009 Posts: 318
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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Japan's never taken my blood. Korea has. |
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Stephen Jones
Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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It's not a question of taking the blood; it's what they're testing for. |
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fluffyhamster
Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 3292 Location: UK > China > Japan > UK again
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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As Bread's suggested, Japan is one country that doesn't yet test. Indonesia also comes to mind for some reason, but I'm not sure so you'd need to check on that (and I myself wouldn't particularly want to work there anyway, though a visit would be nice ). |
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barabbas
Joined: 22 Aug 2009 Posts: 58
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe Sri Lanka? |
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Stephen Jones
Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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Very few jobs; maybe the British Council and one or two more.
Doesn't seem to demand a medical certificate. |
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AjarnIam
Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 95 Location: Thailand
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:15 am Post subject: |
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Never been tested in Thailand |
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bulgogiboy
Joined: 23 Feb 2005 Posts: 803
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:54 am Post subject: |
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Also, Turkey doesnt do any kind of medical tests, its kind of Asian(90% - geographically speaking at least)...
As a matter of fact one of my co-workers in Turkey actually had Hep C from his drug using days...I was never that keen on taking a swig from his beer bottle when he offered... |
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eclectic
Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 1122
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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on taking a swig from his beer bottle when he offered... |
Oh grosssss! |
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Stephen Jones
Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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Hep C is only really transmittable by blood to blood contact, which means sharing needles or more likely transfusions. |
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Master Shake
Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 1202 Location: Colorado, USA
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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MOD EDIT
I think Thailand has just started refusing teachers who don't have Hep C/HIV.
I worked at a big primary school in Bangkok last summer. About half the teachers there had no degree, teaching cert, nadda. But what really amazed me was that they had these particular guys teaching kindergarten and even pre-kindergarten.
There is some loophole in Thailand that teachers for very young children need not have qualifications. |
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Kiels
Joined: 12 Feb 2010 Posts: 59 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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In Thailand, the medical check consisted of a doctor in my city (Chaiyphum) taking my blood pressure, listening to my breathing and asking if I had any health concerns. Most of the teachers in my city(about 20 of us) had similar medical checks. Not really that thorough! |
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Master Shake
Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 1202 Location: Colorado, USA
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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Kiels wrote: |
In Thailand, the medical check consisted of a doctor in my city (Chaiyphum) taking my blood pressure, listening to my breathing and asking if I had any health concerns. Most of the teachers in my city(about 20 of us) had similar medical checks. Not really that thorough! |
The strangest medical check I had was crossing into Cambodia from Thailand in Poipet.
It was the middle of the Swine Flu epidemic and they pulled people out of line at immigration at random and stuck the same instrument in everyones' ears to check for god knows what. They then proceeded to give each of us a card with the local hospital's phone number wirtten on it. "If you have problem call this number, sir. No problem don't call." |
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khmerhit
Joined: 31 May 2003 Posts: 1874 Location: Reverse Culture Shock Unit
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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hahaha
yeah they dont normally ask for blood tests in Cambodia but youll end up shedding it somehow along with yr dignity. stay off the motorcycles eg
C A M BO D I A
try it and see |
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bulgogiboy
Joined: 23 Feb 2005 Posts: 803
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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Stephen Jones wrote: |
Hep C is only really transmittable by blood to blood contact, which means sharing needles or more likely transfusions. |
Yeah I knew this at the time, but call me funny, I just dont like sharing a beer with someone who has a serious disease |
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