Guidelines of Medical Tests Required for Foreign Manpower

Guidelines of Medical Tests Required for Foreign Manpower
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, calcifications, 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 ave

SUBJECTS WITH THE FOLLOWING DISEASES ARE
CONSIDERED UNFIT TO WORK / RESIDE IN GCC COUNTRIES
Infectious Diseases
1- HIV AIDS Reactive.
2- Hepatitis (B) Surface Antigen Positive and Anti HCV.
3- Microfilaria Positive & Malaria Blood Film Positive.
4- Known Leprosy Patient.
5- Tuberculosis any type.
A- Pulmonary by chest X ray showing active or past evidence of old T.B. Including
minimum Fibrosis, calcification and Pleural thickening.
B- Tuberculous Pleural Effusion.
C- Tuberculous Lymphadenitis.
6- Venereal Diseases, VDRL Positive and TPHA Positive.
Non Infectious Diseases
1- Chronic Renal Failure
2- Chronic Hepatic Failure
3- Congestive Heart Failure
4- Uncontrolled Hypertension
5- Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus
6- Known case of cancer
7- Psychiatric Diseases and Neurological Disorders
8- Physical Disability eg. colour blindness for drivers, deafness etc
9- Any major operation
10- Hemoglobin below 10 mg/dl
Others
1. Pregnancy.