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Immigration Forum / Australia and NZ / January 2005Panel Doctor did not show or discuss the report.
Dear friends, I wanted to know if it is a regular practice for doctors NOT to SHOW or DISCUSS the results of medical exam, blood test and x-ray report. I asked my panel doctor and she said that "THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED ie PROHIBITED FROM SHARING THE REPORT WITH PATIENTS". Does DIMIA have any such RULES or is the DOCTOR making her own rules. I now have to go through the agony of witing on DIMIA to let me know teh next steps which may take 2-3 months at least. I am living in Manila, Philippines. Regards Sam. Hi, This is from: http://www.australia.org.uk/vti/HTML/medical.html ============ medical procedures: All applicants are required to present their passport to the panel doctor when undertaking medicals. Do not send your passport with your application if you have not already undertaken any medicals you will be required to do. Panel doctors are not authorised to return your medicals directly to you. The Australian government requires that all medicals for applications being processed in London are sent by the panel doctor directly to the Migration Branch in London. Your medical results will be logged and matched with your application when it arrives. ============ > Dear friends, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Sam. > Dear friends, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Sam. n it is pretty unreasonable for them not to dscuss it with you, for gods sake they are being paid by you to do it. We asked and where told all was fine, and regarding the blood tests we paid an extra few quid for the results to be sent to us!! Why all the secrecy, it gets me, you would think we were all applying to join the SAS!! Good luck ViVi > n it is pretty unreasonable for them not to dscuss it with you, for > gods sake they are being paid by you to do it. We asked and where told > all was fine, and regarding the blood tests we paid an extra few quid > for the results to be sent to us!! Why all the secrecy, it gets me, > you would think we were all applying to join the SAS!! > Good luck ViVi My doctor told me he was not allowed to tell me the results, regardless of who had paid for the medical. He could tell me if there was a problem, but not what it was, but he couldn't tell me if it was ok. He obviously thought it was a pretty stupid rule as well. > My doctor told me he was not allowed to tell me the results, > regardless of who had paid for the medical. He could tell me if there > was a problem, but not what it was, but he couldn't tell me if it was > ok. He obviously thought it was a pretty stupid rule as well. If a doctor refuses to discuss your medical results with you then they are out of order. While you can't open the paperwork (migration rules) you have the right to know they're findings. For a long time in the UK, doctors have been obligied to inform you of their examinations, they are also required by UK legislation to hand notes over to you for you to see. So while Oz migration doesn;t want you to tamper with their findings i can't see why the person you paid for a medical has any right to refuse the information. I'd be pretty pissed off and actually if our panel doctor failed to tell me on the day (withstanding the blood results) what shape i was in, I'd have refused to pay and found someone who would have told me. Get on the phone and make a fuss, if your really worried Gaz > My doctor told me he was not allowed to tell me the results, > regardless of who had paid for the medical. He could tell me if there > was a problem, but not what it was, but he couldn't tell me if it was > ok. He obviously thought it was a pretty stupid rule as well. Same here, so on that basis he told me if I didn't hear within 7 days, everything was okay. During my actual medical there was problem found with my heart, so my Dr sent me to the cardiologist straight away, the cardio told me he was recommending I was okay to immigrate and his test results would back this up. TBH, I was quite happy with this & carried on with the assumption everything else was fine. > Same here, so on that basis he told me if I didn't hear within 7 days, > everything was okay. During my actual medical there was problem found > with my heart, so my Dr sent me to the cardiologist straight away, the > cardio told me he was recommending I was okay to immigrate and his > test results would back this up. TBH, I was quite happy with this & > carried on with the assumption everything else was fine. When I had my meds done the doc talked me through the whole thing & advised there was no worries on the results at the end!! Radiographer had a quick scan at my Xray and said looked fine! > When I had my meds done the doc talked me through the whole thing & > advised there was no worries on the results at the end!! Radiographer > had a quick scan at my Xray and said looked fine! We were told straight away all was fine! |
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