Diseases That Will Make You Unfit to Work in Dubai

 

Date Posted: March 14, 2016

According to GAMCA clinics, these are the diseases that will make OFWs unfit to work in Dubai and other Middle East countries:

 

Infectious category

• HIV/AIDS reactive
• Hepatitis B surface antifgen, HCV reactive
• Microfilaria positive and malaria blood film positive, known leprosy patients
• Tuberculosis – any type, X-ray showing active PTB, past evidence of PTB or healed
• Pulmonary scar, including minimum fibrosis, calcification (granuloma) pleural thickening, pleural effusion, tuberculosis lymphadenitis
• VDRL/TPHA reactive

 

Non-infectious category

• Chronic renal failure
• Chronic hepatitis failure
• Congestive heart failure
• Hypertension
• Diabetes mellitus
• Known case of cancer
• Psychiatric disease and neurological disorders
• Physical disabilities, i.e. color blindness, deafness

excerpt from: http://www.workabroad.ph/article/53/Diseases-That-Will-Make-You-Unfit-to-Work-in-Dubai#sthash.FQ48BHc4.dpuf

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