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[Crazy Cat 41,888]

3 hours ago, top_secret said:

I'd be curious if American doctors come up with similarly vast numbers of false positives from viewing the same x-rays.

An x-ray is just a preliminary diagnostic tool for TB.  If an x-ray is, at all, suspicious, then they move to more precise diagnosis like the sputum test.  Below might be a reason sputum tests are more common there:

"About 1 million Filipinos have active TB disease. This is the third highest prevalence rate in the world, after South Africa and Lesotho. It is a highly curable disease. Yet, it is the number one killer among all infectious diseases."

Edited August 18, 2021 by Crazy Cat

[RO_AH 1,659]

On 8/17/2021 at 8:31 AM, Murph4865 said:

It does show annotation of 212g (2) (b)

class A or B  (TB)  req. Attn. of usphs at poe

iv docs in ccd

 

we was not told anything for that and POE did not do anything

Since my wife's second medical didn't require sputum, I guess we were lucky. This line "class A or B  (TB)  req. Attn. of usphs at poe" is not in her visa.

[Murph4865 597]

3 hours ago, RO_AH said:

Since my wife's second medical didn't require sputum, I guess we were lucky. This line "class A or B  (TB)  req. Attn. of usphs at poe" is not in her visa.

Yup lucky you but i am happy for you, finally getting done with your journey

[Joe Kano 327]

On 8/18/2021 at 5:06 PM, Murph4865 said:

I would be curious also, or is it the SLEC needs to upgrade to the newest technologies for x-ray equipment and get out of the golden ages

I find SLEC to be a seedy looking place to me, I walk on the other side of the street when I pass it when I am staying in the Ermita area.  All the people going there and getting tested positive for TB has to make the entrance unsafe.  I used to see people lining up like at 5 am to get medical exams there.