<blockquote rel="mauie29">@vhoythoy . ask ko lang po if saang clinic sa sg ka nagpa medical. ina advice ka ba nila for sputum test? how long will it takes ba para makuha mo yung result?puede bang mag pa medical while maghihintay ka ng CO?thanks</blockquote>
No sputum required. direct grant but with form 815 (which is expected). Point medical orchard. Parang 2 weeks ata or less. Yes nagmedical nko before CO
Tips:
1) Do your medical in SG/ other first world countries.
Sa pinas kasi automatic mag sputum test ka, kasi malamang i require ka rin ng Australia kaya inuunahan kana nila. In my personal opinion, they (MOH) believed that in third world countries (including pinas) chances of getting/ having inactive TB is high. For example, nakasakay kasa jeep, may uubo ubo na may tb, pwedeng nahawahan ka na nun. But depends on your immune system. Pwede ka magkasakit, pwedeng hindi. Ung bacteria kasi, pwede muna yakapin/locked ng white blood cells/ immune system kaya hindi ka magkakasakit (even decades) pero once bumagsak ang immune system mo, like matanda ka na pwede maging active. Thats why their on the safe side. It is still judgement call on their part, kaya pwede ka nila i pa sputum/ require mag undergo ng medications, etc. Kasi kahit magamot at gumaling ka, pwede ka ulit mahawa after.
2) If you know you have scar, and have PTB history declare it. I declared mine, and included the medical certification from my doctor way back 2006. Point medical/ rad tech didn't even care about my past/ old xray films.
The technique is that, show them that you know you have scar, and clean/ healed na in order to convince them. KApag kasi hindi mo diniclare, parang ung ginawa ng iba, and may nakita fibrosis/ hindi clean xray, and they don't know what is it, very big chance they require you to additional test (sputum), the worst medication. Pwedeng Makasira ng atay un gamit sa tb kapag sobra.
- Pray hehe