Medical test - test of virginity

[PMM]

Hi

Sorry, R; maybe the topic is on its last legs, but not yet dead.

Is the handbook available to PR applicants about to take a medical exam, R? Where, please?  It should be standard operating procedure for a PR applicant to inform himself or herself what is required, so the doctor can be questioned for going beyond the requirements.  While maybe only one virginity test has been mentioned, enough respondents to this post have mentioned weird examinations to raise a few red flags. And like cockroaches, for every one you see there are thousands you don't see.

If the doctor who examined for a hernia was required to send the results to RMO without discussing them with the PR applicant, what good did it do the applicant to be examined for a hernia?  And if RMO is interested in knowing only about major medical problems, not a hernia, what good did it do for the doctor to report to RMO about the hernia?  No matter which way one looks at it, there seems to be no point in the doctor's going beyond the strict RMO requirements, and allowing him/her to do so opens up the potential for abuse.

The simplest remedy is for the applicant to inform himself of the requirement, and be willing to ask the doctor to justify going beyond the RMO handbook.

I wonder what would happen if the applicant agreed to be examined as per the RMO requirements, but no further, and nothing major was detected.  The medical report would report on the handbook requirements, and might report that the applicant refused some more personal off-handbook examinations, like a hernia.   Would the applicant pass or fail the medical for refusing personal examinations?

If the handbook is available, I suggest that every immigration consultant make it available to clients.

DMP Handbook  http://www.cic.gc.ca/English/pdf/pub/dmp-handbook.pdf
The DMP will not discuss the medical results with the applicant UNLESS there is a disease or medical condition that the applicant doesn't know about.

[toby]

Hi

DMP Handbook  http://www.cic.gc.ca/English/pdf/pub/dmp-handbook.pdf
The DMP will not discuss the medical results with the applicant UNLESS there is a disease or medical condition that the applicant doesn't know about.

Thanks, PMM; you're a wealth of information.

It is a good idea for applicants to read the manual before their medical exam, just to be able to ask the doctor where a seemingly-bizarre test is mentioned in the manual.  But to summarize, the tests mentioned are blood test, blood pressure test, respiratory exam (with stethoscope), chest X-ray, and family history to detect tendencies toward cancer etc.

A rectal exam of males over 50 years of age is mentioned.

important:  women may choose to have breast examinations, and pelvic exams (where required) done by  their own doctors. Pelvic exams are indicated only where the doctor has noted masses during an abdominal examination.

[Baloo]

Hi

DMP Handbook  http://www.cic.gc.ca/English/pdf/pub/dmp-handbook.pdf
The DMP will not discuss the medical results with the applicant UNLESS there is a disease or medical condition that the applicant doesn't know about.

True.
If the applicant wants their medical details I believe that they can apply for them under FOIA.

[dair2dv8103100]

LOL

I never thought to ask about notes. My husband called me afterward and bashfully reported he'd been 'checked'. Actually, I'm pretty sure they only did that the second time and not during the first check. Not sure why...

LOL...when the female doctor asked my husband to undress he gave her a look of complete and utter shock... she then said ok keep the underwear on. He kept himself covered with his hands even with the underwear on hahahaha...she never examined him "there" and I think he would die if he has to get another medical and they actually do it. This in contrast to here where every physical a man has the Doctor gets to say..."turn and cough" LOL