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afreen
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chest xray

Post by afreen » Fri, 04 Dec 2009 6:12 pm

hi all

2 years back i got infected with some lungs infections,after taking some months of medication it got resolved,at the end of medication my doctor said scar will be remained on lungs for full my life time.now i applied for dependent visa in singapore they have given me ipa letter with some medical form,there they mentioned chest xray,will it cause any problem to my dependent visa processing due to those scars.

please help regarding this.

eagerly waiting for your replies

thanks in advance

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Post by durain » Fri, 04 Dec 2009 6:20 pm

from a quack point of view, no.

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Post by Pepijn » Fri, 04 Dec 2009 6:22 pm

The chest xray is there to proof no active TB. Even if you would have scars due to a previous TB infection, this would not be a problem, as long as it is not active.
At least, that was what my HR department told me.

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Post by afreen » Fri, 04 Dec 2009 6:29 pm

thanks for u r replies

will chest xray specifies active tb or healed tb,one of friends said it won't give proper picture like it is active or cured.thats why i am bothering alot.please advise me.

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