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MomCat
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 Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:36 am Post subject: Question about medical exam |
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I'm in Taiwan now but won't start teaching until I return in the fall. Is there any advantage (or disadvantage) to getting my medical now? Can any of you suggest anything I could do now to make getting my visa/ARC in the fall easier/faster?
Thanks for your help,
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Dr_Zoidberg
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| Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:56 am Post subject: |
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| The medical exam is only good for 3 months. As long as you're back before it expires, I don't see what difference it makes. |
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Taylor
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| Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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Dear MomCat,
Dr. Z is correct, so just wait.
The only other thing I can think of is to have your original degree(s) and several passport-sized photos (oh, even one-inch photos can be used for some purposes).
Taylor
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MomCat
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:59 am Post subject: |
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Okay.
Thanks for the answers.
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Aristotle
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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Be advised, there have been reports of some hospitals in Central Taiwan reporting positive drug test results from the mandatory medical exam to law enforcement.
Even more frightening is the fact that the oppressive occupational government on Taiwan has begun to incarcerate without trial, foreign teachers and students who have traces of illegal narcotics in their blood or urine and force them into local drug rehabilitation programs for prolonged periods.
Please read this,
10 Steps to Success on Taiwan!
Good luck!
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SanChong
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| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:02 am Post subject: |
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Be advised, there have been reports of some hospitals in Central Taiwan reporting positive drug test results from the mandatory medical exam to law enforcement.
Even more frightening is the fact that the oppressive occupational government on Taiwan has begun to incarcerate without trial, foreign teachers and students who have traces of illegal narcotics in their blood or urine and force them into local drug rehabilitation programs for prolonged periods. |
Please show us one example of this. If you can't (because it's not true), then you are simply continuing your strange obsession with slamming Taiwan for no apparent reason. Please stop scaring people with things that ARE NOT TRUE. The quote above is purely fantastical and absolutely ridiculuos
You stopped posting for awhile (I'm guessing the mods gave you a warning period) and then came back a little tamer. It would be nice if you kept that streak going rather than revert back to your past habit of trying to make this forum resemble an episode of the X-Files. |
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Dr_Zoidberg
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| Momcat, don't worry about Aristotle and his "warnings". He's Dave's pet troll. There have been no reports as he claims, not on this board, any other Taiwan board, nor in the media. |
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clark.w.griswald
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| Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:32 am Post subject: |
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| Aristotle wrote: |
| Be advised, there have been reports of some hospitals in Central Taiwan reporting positive drug test results from the mandatory medical exam to law enforcement. |
I will join others on calling you on this one Aristotle - where are these reports?
| Aristotle wrote: |
| Even more frightening is the fact that the oppressive occupational government on Taiwan has begun to incarcerate without trial, foreign teachers and students who have traces of illegal narcotics in their blood or urine and force them into local drug rehabilitation programs for prolonged periods. |
Again you need to provide a source on this or it will be discounted, just as most of your comments are, as being a figment of your imagination.
Personally though I have no problem with foreigners who choose to live in Taiwan, being prosecuted under the laws of this country. We all know that doing drugs is not something that is really tolerated in most Asian countries. If it is against the law and you choose to do it then you have to accept that you are vulnerable to prosecution under the law.
I don't believe that there is any clear nor deliberate persecution of foreign English teachers as a group however.
So basically Aristotles warning is really the wrong way around. Surely the best way to avoid being incarcerated for doing drugs here in Taiwan falls solely within the responsibility of the individual. Don't do drugs if you don't want to get into trouble for doing drugs  |
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mpalmsky
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| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:00 pm Post subject: Medical exam and question |
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| I've searched for answers but I have not found them yet. Could you please tell me if the Taiwanese doctors test for illegal substances in my blood and urine? What does the medical exam consist of? I have edema (leg swelling) and will they fail me in my medical exam? |
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