RP taking time - X Ray shows up a patch

hello.

good day.

I saw your post 10 months ago when you had you medical exam at medical comission and that they found out that there was a patch in your xray.i just would like to ask if they give you fit on your medical?what steps did you take to get fit and get ur visa approved despite the patch?please help because we are on the same situation and we are planning to apply for a family visa under my husbands sponsporship. thanks in advance

Hi all,

Since my last post I subsequently underwent a PPD Test and a Sputum Test (conducted on 2 successive days). The PPD Test resulted in a 16 mm induration and the sputum tests were negative. Hence the doctor interpreted it as Latent TB despite my telling the doctor that I did not suffer from TB but suffered from Pneumonia 35 years ago as a kid (I also showed them my previous medical examination results from assessments conducted in hospitals in Singapore and Malaysia reaffirming the same).

Anyways I proceeded to the Medical commission Dept. , Ministry of Public Health room #118 today to see whether I could explain the same to them. Instead, upon going there, I was advised that I need to sign a declaration to start on medication to treat my latent TB, as alleged by them, after which i could proceed for fingerprinting and thereafter for obtaining my Qatari ID.

However, I did not sign off the declaration today. I asked for some time to think over this since I heard that these TB medicines create some really bad / harmful side effects in the body.

They agreed but advised me that I need to go back to the medical commission within this week to sign the declaration, once i have decided to do so.

In this regards, I seek your opinion on the following:

A) Should I get in touch with my HR in my company to ask for a waiver....especially now at this stage when the time has come to sign off the declaration?

B) If I do sign off the declaration and agree to take the medication for latent TB, do I have the choice in deciding the length/duration of the course considering the fact that these may turn out to be strong medicines with side effects perhaps those kind which may harm my body (though honestly I too may not eventually know what kind of a duration is good or bad)?

Further, would it be necessary to go to the hospital every day just to take the medicine, in the presence of the doctor, or would they just give me a supply of medicines in bulk for the entire duration and allow me to manage it on my own without coming back to the hospital daily thus avoiding the hassle of going to the hospital and ending up "rubbing shoulders" inadvertently with others present in the hospital who are truly afflicted by TB and become a "passive recipient" of the disease?

I thank you all in advance for being able to giving me some direction / advice in this regards

Cheers

Thanks britexpat , Fishey :)

Well.....the oil company wishes me to be here and I was told that they are going to support with respect to the approval process which goes through the medical commission.

Hi Britexpat,

What, specifically, is a waiver that you are referring to? I assume you are referring to the medical commission's review of my case?

My X Ray shows up a patch which has not changed in size or shape for the past 34 years since it was first detected when i developed severe bronchitis as a teen. However the Quantiferon Gold test indicates a positive result.

Thanks

Usually you are only rejected if you are applying for a role within the service industry

There is also the option of your company requesting a waiver..

So don't worry :O)

Please go with your paperwork to the medical commission again and check with them about the status. If they suspect it is TB they will send you to Rumeillah hospital to do few tests.

There is a team of doctors who based on this test result decide if you have to stay here or leave.

Good luck