5 March 2008
Inside, I was to put on shoe covers, remove clothes till one layer, went to centre of bus, drew curtains, tested eyesight, tested colour vision, lay down, probed for heartbeat, got up and brought to another bed at the back of bus, lay down, drew curtains, had cold gel on ankles and chest, had clips on these areas, had cold gel on stomach, saw weird stuff on the ultrasound scan screen beside me, thrown a napkin to wipe away gel, had clips removed, told to go to front of bus, closed door, told to remove all clothing waist up while nurse stood there watching, passed me robe, placed me against x-ray machine and told to stand still, left alone in room until told it was alright to get dressed, opened door, removed shoe covers, thanked them, got down the bus.
This is how a physical examination takes place for foreign students in order to save them the trouble of going all the way to the International Travel & Sanitation Centre.
We need to pass this physical examination before a new student visa of 6 months or more can get approved.
Current students don’t need to go through this again, unless if like me, you left China for more than 3 months. (#@$! @&* !@#$)
Along with a blood test, it costs 386RMB (approx. S$77). (!@#$%&*&%$#@!)
