Immunizations at St. Lukes

[gadt25 1]

My fiancee recently had her physical exam at St Lukes. She arrived early and finished everything but her vaccinations the first day. At one point she was asked if her fiancee was here in the Philippines. She answered "yes". They then told her that since there was a possibility she could be pregnant they could not give her the MMR vaccination because it would be dangerous to a fetus. They then slid a paper across the desk and told her to sign it. She signed the paper without reading it partly because the Doctors arm was covering the paper.

At the end of the first day she was given an appointment letter for 10:30am the following day to get her vaccinations. She was there at 10:30am and waited 2 hours until finally she asked about her vaccinations. She was told that she would not receive any vaccinations because she had signed a paper waiving them and opting to receive them in the US. She told them she did not KNOWINGLY waive anything and that she wanted the vaccinations there. The response was "sorry maám ". I will let those reading this form whatever conclusions they want from this. Regardless of whether this was intentional deception ( it happened to 3 girls while my finacee was sitting there) we need to know how to proceed from here. We have had the interview and the visa was approved. We are currently waiting for delivery. My basic question is... should we try to get vaccinations here in the Philippines ( cheaper here? ) and then bring the documentation to the US Civil Surgeon to transcribe? Which vaccinations should we get? My fiancee is 20 years old. We are leaving for the US as soon as we get the visa so not much time to get vaccinations here. Thanks !

[Scott and Mhay 57]

My wife had the same thing happen when she did hers except they told her 2 come back when she had her period & 2 get another pregnancy test. We just had 2 pay 4 the pregnancy test on the second visit.

St Lukes should have given your fiancee a document marked what vaccinations she would need.(Which ones she wasn't given) My recommendation would to be to talk to the civil surgeon that you plan on using 2 see if they will transcribe a vaccination not on the official record. Also ask what the cost for the vaccinations in the US that are age appropriate for your fiancee. Go from there. Vaccinations will be cheaper in the PI though.

[misna 0]

My fiancee recently had her physical exam at St Lukes. She arrived early and finished everything but her vaccinations the first day. At one point she was asked if her fiancee was here in the Philippines. She answered "yes". They then told her that since there was a possibility she could be pregnant they could not give her the MMR vaccination because it would be dangerous to a fetus. They then slid a paper across the desk and told her to sign it. She signed the paper without reading it partly because the Doctors arm was covering the paper.

At the end of the first day she was given an appointment letter for 10:30am the following day to get her vaccinations. She was there at 10:30am and waited 2 hours until finally she asked about her vaccinations. She was told that she would not receive any vaccinations because she had signed a paper waiving them and opting to receive them in the US. She told them she did not KNOWINGLY waive anything and that she wanted the vaccinations there. The response was "sorry maám ". I will let those reading this form whatever conclusions they want from this. Regardless of whether this was intentional deception ( it happened to 3 girls while my finacee was sitting there) we need to know how to proceed from here. We have had the interview and the visa was approved. We are currently waiting for delivery. My basic question is... should we try to get vaccinations here in the Philippines ( cheaper here? ) and then bring the documentation to the US Civil Surgeon to transcribe? Which vaccinations should we get? My fiancee is 20 years old. We are leaving for the US as soon as we get the visa so not much time to get vaccinations here. Thanks !

I guess your fiance can just get the vaccine in USA because the Nurses here was just worried that yes they cannot exclude the possibility that what if she's pregnant and they was just protecting her because If ever she will be given the MMR, It will have a very bad effect to the fetus , She will supposedly given MMR immunization and chickenpox vaccine if ever she doesn't acquired it yet and the DPT immunization like mine ,

[Tahoma 2,292]

I read here on VJ about K-1erz who did not go to a civil surgeon and did not send in a vaccination transcription when they applied for AOS. They never received an RFE for it. Just saying...

[gadt25 1]

I read here on VJ about K-1erz who did not go to a civil surgeon and did not send in a vaccination transcription when they applied for AOS. They never received an RFE for it. Just saying...

Don't want to take that chance Tahoma. I found the 2009 Technical Instructions for Vaccination for Civil Surgeons on the CDC website. It appears from the chart there that few vaccinations are age appropriate for my finacee. TDap which is Tetanus/Diptheria, MMR, Varicella and the Flu shot. We will try to get those here before coming to the US because of the Civil Surgeon racket.

[Scott and Mhay 57]

Those sound like what my wife got too. Good luck w/ everything. Hope it all works out for you.