Medical Exam at Lister Lab and Dr. Sanjay John

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Medica Exam at Chennai, India - Medical Exam at Lister Lab and Dr. Sanjay John

04/24/2009

Called Dr. Sanjay John and got the appointment for 5/9/08. When you take appointment from Dr John, he'll ask you to call you on the day of medical exam once you get done with lab test at Lister lab.

05/09/2009

If you need to get the report the same day, you don't have to get there by 6:30 or 7, you can go there by 9am and you will still have enough time to get the test done by 11am and get the report the same day by 4pm. Actual process time with Lister Lab is ~ 30mins after your token # gets called.

6:00am - Reached Chennai. Took auto from outside of Railway station to Lister lab - Rs. 70 (auto rikhsaw from inside the railway station is around 100Rs. to 120Rs.

6:30am - Arrived at Lister lab. Take token at the left side on the gate, before reception gate. Once you've token, you can go out and and have tea/breakfast, no need to follow any particular diet before the lab test since the blood drawn is for HIV test.

7:00am - Entered Lister lab. Once you enter the reception office, get the medical form to fill out from reception. Receptionist will ask for passport and interview letter for verification. This is the form you'll get back at the end of the test. Return the form to receptionist and pay the fee of Rs 920. Once form returned, asked to take seat Within 5minutes of submitting papers, asked to take blood draw and asked to take seat

Within 10mins, called again for X-rays. You've to take out t-shirt but you can keep the vest on. After getting done with X-rays, you'll be asked to take a seat.

Within 2 minutes, they will give you a receipt of 920rs.

7:30am - Done at Lister Lab, was asked to pick up report at 4:00pm.

9:30am - Called Dr John as instructed when taking appointment, and dr John asked for passport #, DOB, birht place, exact name as in passport.

3:55pm - Went to get lab report, they were ready. Got auto to go to dr. Sanjay's office, Rs. 50

4:05pm - Reached at dr Sanjay's office (Ask auto to take to Sri Methai, Chetpet, Dr. John's clinic is next to Sri Mithai), Receptionist asked for lab report, passport, and interview letter. Took height and weight measurement.

wait wait wait for 1 hour

5:10pm - Dr. John arrived. Asked for details of intervew date and interview appointment letter, and case #. Asked if you had chicken pox? Because my husband was 26 and not working in medical field, he was only required to take 3 shots? Tdap, MMR, and Influensa, fee was 3000Rs. His fee was Rs 600, total cost= Rs. 3600.

After shots, Dr. John will give you some medical report in an unselaed envelope with instructions of not to fold it, asked to take 1 xerox copy at your own time. Original medical report will collected by consulate. You odn't need to take xrays to ocnsulate at interview time. However, you'll have to take copy of the medical reprot and Xrays with you when you travel to US.

Done within 10mins. Then, auto to railway is Rs.50.

Accommodation: Sriram Guest House, AC Room: Rs. 600, Neat-and-clean rooms. It's far from lab, Rs. 50 by auto but there were not many good hotels nearby lab.

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Thank you so much for this info...

Medica Exam at Chennai, India - Medical Exam at Lister Lab and Dr. Sanjay John

04/24/2009

Called Dr. Sanjay John and got the appointment for 5/9/08. When you take appointment from Dr John, he'll ask you to call you on the day of medical exam once you get done with lab test at Lister lab.

05/09/2009

If you need to get the report the same day, you don't have to get there by 6:30 or 7, you can go there by 9am and you will still have enough time to get the test done by 11am and get the report the same day by 4pm. Actual process time with Lister Lab is ~ 30mins after your token # gets called.

6:00am - Reached Chennai. Took auto from outside of Railway station to Lister lab - Rs. 70 (auto rikhsaw from inside the railway station is around 100Rs. to 120Rs.

6:30am - Arrived at Lister lab. Take token at the left side on the gate, before reception gate. Once you've token, you can go out and and have tea/breakfast, no need to follow any particular diet before the lab test since the blood drawn is for HIV test.

7:00am - Entered Lister lab. Once you enter the reception office, get the medical form to fill out from reception. Receptionist will ask for passport and interview letter for verification. This is the form you'll get back at the end of the test. Return the form to receptionist and pay the fee of Rs 920. Once form returned, asked to take seat Within 5minutes of submitting papers, asked to take blood draw and asked to take seat

Within 10mins, called again for X-rays. You've to take out t-shirt but you can keep the vest on. After getting done with X-rays, you'll be asked to take a seat.

Within 2 minutes, they will give you a receipt of 920rs.

7:30am - Done at Lister Lab, was asked to pick up report at 4:00pm.

9:30am - Called Dr John as instructed when taking appointment, and dr John asked for passport #, DOB, birht place, exact name as in passport.

3:55pm - Went to get lab report, they were ready. Got auto to go to dr. Sanjay's office, Rs. 50

4:05pm - Reached at dr Sanjay's office (Ask auto to take to Sri Methai, Chetpet, Dr. John's clinic is next to Sri Mithai), Receptionist asked for lab report, passport, and interview letter. Took height and weight measurement.

wait wait wait for 1 hour

5:10pm - Dr. John arrived. Asked for details of intervew date and interview appointment letter, and case #. Asked if you had chicken pox? Because my husband was 26 and not working in medical field, he was only required to take 3 shots? Tdap, MMR, and Influensa, fee was 3000Rs. His fee was Rs 600, total cost= Rs. 3600.

After shots, Dr. John will give you some medical report in an unselaed envelope with instructions of not to fold it, asked to take 1 xerox copy at your own time. Original medical report will collected by consulate. You odn't need to take xrays to ocnsulate at interview time. However, you'll have to take copy of the medical reprot and Xrays with you when you travel to US.

Done within 10mins. Then, auto to railway is Rs.50.

Accommodation: Sriram Guest House, AC Room: Rs. 600, Neat-and-clean rooms. It's far from lab, Rs. 50 by auto but there were not many good hotels nearby lab.