Friday, April 18, 2008

was it a good one or a bad one?

This week all 4th year students are called for medical check ups.
Well, today is group 10, 11 and 12.
When I first knew about this test, I was a little disturbed as I felt very uneasy about the management in the hospital here in Kursk. Well, obviously, there were many arguments and objections, coz; this does not involve time, but money too. We paid so much for our insurance fee every year to out agent, yet, we cannot even earn the benefits from it. I was kind of frustrated with that. This news was even brought up to the Malaysian embassy in Moscow, yet, they can’t help us, in anything, coz, and there is black and white, issued by the government here in Kursk. And there were rumors saying, one cannot graduate if he or she did not undergo the check up.
What to do, rule are still rules. We just got to do it!
There were few things we have to prepare for that check up.
Firstly, we have to prepare
A HIV test to certify you are HIV negative, which cost about 284 Rb (express)
Stool for stool test,
Money 725 rb + 60.50 rb for following test (general body checkup by general practitioner, blood test, ENT check up, dermatological checkup and fluoroscopy)

Well, just want to thank GOD here, coz, the vaginal examination is simply a rumor and was not conducted at all.

Everything went on smoothly, except for the dermatological examinations, when the doctor asked first the boys to take off their clothes and pants (basically naked) for skin check up. There was a little havoc there in the department, when after two of my friends came out from the room, complaining that they had to strip off for the check up. This scares many of us. The girls started to think of reasons and excuses that will prevent themselves from undergoing such scary check up. Some even tried to lie, saying it’s inconvenient for them to do so, as they are having period. Anyways, when the third boy went in, and the doctor asked him to strip, he resisted, saying he had the rights not to do this check up. The doctor then said, she can’t put her signature if, no test was done on him. There was a big fuss. The doctor then gave up, and finally asked all of us to wait for the next doctor for the following check ups. She then left. And all of us are safe from stripping.

Was it a good one or a bad one?

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