MONTREAL MEDYSIS MEDICAL REVIEW

[domegirl1978 1]

Hi guys! So I went for my medical exam at Medysis in Montreal today and I wanted to share my experience with all of you.

Just to say before I go into what happened today, I called them to book the appointment a week ago and they were super polite and had plenty of open times for people to go in to do their immigration medical. I called back 5 minutes after my initial call to ask them about what happens with results and got a different person on the phone and again, super pleasant and very helpful. They let me know I could pick them up 3-4 days after the tests were completed or I could leave them at the office and pick them up the day of the interview if I wanted to because the buildings are so close to each other. I was happy to have this all explained to me over the phone.

I called yesterday just to confirm what kind of payments they take and was thrilled to hear that they take debit card, visa, mastercard and of course good old cash. I've heard some places only take cash and was happy to know this was not the case at Medysis.

My appt. was for 8am this morning but i arrived at about 7:40am. They actually open at 7am to get your results and whatnot but the exams usually begin at 8am. The recptionist asked me for my passport, 3 passport photos, my letter from packet 3 and my vaccination booklet and any other medical documentation I wanted to give them. She handed my passport and packet 3 letter back to me and asked me to fill out a form (both sides).

The form has standard questions about prior health issues, alcohol and drug abuse, psychiatric problems, allergies...etc...etc... After handing it back to her I was asked to sit and wait. At 5 minutes to 8am the doctor came out and called my name. I was led into an examination room where he asked me to remove all clothing except socks and underwear and as I was doing this he was asking me if I had ever been convicted of a DUI, and was i a cigarette smoker. Those are the only 2 things he asked me about off that form. The actual physical consisted of a reflex test, checking of eyes, ears, breast exam, abdomen, back, lungs. If I was in that room for more than 7 minutes I'd be surprised. The doctor was very professional and polite

Back to the waiting room and the nurse called me in at 8:15am. She was super nice and very cool to talk too. We chatted about my having gone to funeral school and how she wanted to be a crime scene analyst while she took a vial of blood to be tested for HIV/Syphillis. I had to sign a consent form before the blood was taken for the results to be given to the consulate. She made me look at the eye chart and read the lines and then I was weighed and measured. The whole thing took 10 minutes.

Back to the waiting room....again...haha....At 8:30am I was called in for x-rays. Told to take off my shirt and bra and put on a little robe. I was told to stand in 2 different positions while they took the x-rays and then she verified they came out correctly and were clear shots and gave me a red paper to give to the receptionist. The whole thing took about 10 minutes. Again, everyone here in x-ray was super nice.

Went back out to the recptionist and she verified I had done everything I needed to get done and charged me 213.22$ and told me give them a call next week to verify that the results were ready to be picked up.

I was literally there an hour and 10 minutes and every person there was great to deal with. I would totally recommend going to them. I could not have asked for a better experience.

[Inky 1,110]

I had pretty much the same! the other medical place in montreal never returned my calls or my phone msgs ( the dr seidens in MTL )

Medisys was amazing! Only I didnt get my letter back from them so im glad I made a copy, also the X-ray comes on a CD!!! no giant X-ray film to carry around with you which is really nice!

Only other thing is they taped my envelopes shut.. Im hoping that this will be ok at the consulate as its just scotch tape? I was figuring they would seal it with glue or with the sticky glue they put on envelopes but nope its just plain ol scotch tape..

Im glad you had a great experience as well! when you get your packet theres 2 envelopes 1 with the CD and 1 with im guessing papers? for my they stapled a sheet on it and told me that it was for me and I could take it off. It has the dr. transcribed shot information on it.

Yay for Medisys!

[domegirl1978 1]

Hey Inky! Holy Moly, only scotch tape....how the heck would that stop anyone from taking a peek inside their envelope.

Not that I'm saying I would do it but I also thought it would be completely sealed.

I was not pleased with Dr. Seiden not calling me back either and am very happy I ended up at Medysis.

[Inky 1,110]

I dunno how it would lol since sealing with that glue stuff rips the envelope to get it open then you have proof of it being tampered with but if its taped thats what concerns me cus scotch tape isnt all that great of a sealer!

I havent looked in it at all, not even touched it since I brought it home and filed it with my papers.

[elsoar 3]

I dunno how it would lol since sealing with that glue stuff rips the envelope to get it open then you have proof of it being tampered with but if its taped thats what concerns me cus scotch tape isnt all that great of a sealer!

I havent looked in it at all, not even touched it since I brought it home and filed it with my papers.

We also went to Medisys. Our envelopes were also just sealed with scotch tape BUT they first stamped their name or something in black ink and put the tape over that. What that does is if some opens the envelope, half the the black ink goes with the scotch tape and the other half stays on the envelope - so even if you reseal it with more scotch tape you can tell it was opened before. Anyway it worked fine for us! Got the visa and entered the US. Plus now we have a handy CD of chest x-rays!

[Inky 1,110]

yea one of my envelopes has that like you say now that I look at it, it has a stamp on the back of the X-ray envelope and the tape is over the top of it, the other one does not have this on it tho.