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Jun 16, 2014

GCC Medical Examination List/ Medical Tests Required for GCC


Please note , a separate medical examination is required for Kuwait work visa. In india it is handled by Khadamat Integrated Solutions Pvt. Ltd.


Firstly: History of any significant past illness:

A) Nervous System:
Applicant should not be suffering from any previous nervous or neurological disease, at any period during life time, such as epilepsy, melancholia, or any other similar disease. He should also be free from any clinical symptoms or signs that indicate the presence of any nervous or neurological diseases.
B) Allergy:
Applicant should be free from all types of allergic diseases or the presence of clinical
symptoms or illness indicating his suffering therefrom.

Secondly:- Medical Examination:

a) Visual Acquity:
Visual acquity should be suitable for the job the applicant will perform, bearing in consideration that jobs which require sharp vision such as drivers should not be less than 6/6 or 6/9 either with or without eye-glasses, in addition to colour differentiation, and that the two eye-vision and visual field should be quite normal and should not be suffering from any apparent squint in addition to near vision efficiency.
Applicant should not be suffering from contagious eye diseases such as (granular conjunctivitis, purulent conjunctivitis, trachoma), and other eye diseases that require prolonged medical treatment or surgical operations such as (cataracts and glaucoma).

b) Hearing:
Applicant’s hearing power should be normal and should not be suffering from any infections in the middle or inner ear.

(1) CLINICAL EXAMINATION:
1-a - Blood pressure:
should be within normal limits.
1-b - Heart:
heart beatings must be regular and consistent and heart function should be normal and free from congenital defects and organic diseases.
1-c- Lungs:
Applicant should not be suffering from bronchial asthma or any other lung diseases.Chest X-ray should indicate that the applicant is free from Tuberculosis or any signs indicating the existence of fibrosis, zalcifications, bronchiectasis or tumor.
1-d - Abdomen:
Applicant should be free from any type of hernias (whether umbilical or inguinal) or ascites, provided that the internal organs should be healthy and not enlarged and the digestive system should be safe from any tumors.
1-e- Extremities:
Extremities should be free from any congenital or pathological abnormalities and legs should be free from varices, and the vertebral column should also be free from any abnormality or disk prolapse.
1-f- Skin:
Applicant should be free from leprotic pathological manifestations and other chronic skin diseases such as (Eczema and psoriasis) or any other infectious skin diseases such as (chronic tinea, other fungal skin infections and scabies).

2) OTHERS
2-a- Applicant should be free from all rheumatic diseases, lymphoid glands and thyroid gland enlargement or any apparent tumors.
2-b- In case of females: Applicant should not be pregnant and should be free from all types of vaginal bleedings, uterine prolapse and breast tumors.
3) VENEREAL DISEASES
Applicant should be free from clinical symptoms and signs for any venereal disease, clinically and laboratory (TPHA or VDRL or any other specific type of analysis).

Thirdly: Laboratory Investigations

1. Urine:
A complete urine analysis shall be made, on condition that its results should be within the normal limits, provided that it should not contain sugar, albumin or bilharzia in endemic areas.
2. Stool:
An analysis should be made for the stool for any gastro intestinal parasites. A stool culture should be done in order to ascertain that it does not include salmonella, shigella and cholera (in endemic areas).
3. Blood:
3-a - A complete blood picture shall be made on condition that the results should be within the normal limits, and that hemoglobin percent should not be less than 10g/100ml.
3-b- A film shall be taken for malaria to make sure that it does not exist.
3-c- Necessary analysis shall be carried out so as to know the percentage of sugar in blood, which should not exceed the normal level.
4. Serology should include:
a- Ascertaining that applicant is not suffering from HIV infection through Elisa test, and
results of this test must be “Non reactive”.
b- HBsAg and Anti-HCV results should be “Negative”.
c- Liver functions tests: SGPT & SGOT results should be within normal level.
d- Kidney function test (creatinine) results should be within normal averages.


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