The Physical Exam

I don’t why the Chinese are so obsessed with the health exams. Before arriving in China, the medical examination was my biggest problem. Don’t get me wrong; I am not sick or whatsoever. I am perfectly fine, but I was rejected twice by the Chinese embassy for my visa application because my Foreign Physical Exam Form was incomplete. Well, it’s not my fault; it was the fault of St. George Clinic (damn them!) Anyway, that is another story. Lets go back to the Physical Exam when I arrived here in BLCU.

September 16, 2011 (Friday), 1230PM was my schedule. At 12noon I was already outside the library waiting for the bus while watching How I Met Your Mother. The physical exam is done by batches. Make sure you do not miss your schedule. During the scheduled time, the school provides for free bus transfers to and from the Beijing International Travel Health Center in Haidian District. If you miss your schedule, you have to go there on your own. And here’s the address:

Beijing International Travel Health Center

No.10 Dezheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing

Commuter’s guide (from BLCU handbook)

·         Take subway Line 13 from Wudaoku station to Xi’erqi (Take the train going to Dongzhimen station. From Wudaoku, Xi’erqi is just 2 stations away)

·         From Xi’erqi station, take the bus No.333 and get off at Xialinyuan stop.

This is the building you will see:

During registration, you will be instructed to do the physical exam and you will be given a 1-page form. This is some sort of the checklist of medical history such as AIDS, Asthma, etc. You have to write your contact number and address in China, therefore you should have an accommodation by this time. (Check this if you still don’t have an accommodation).

 Things to remember/bring in the Physical Exam

• ·         PASSPORT
• ·         1PC PASSPORT-SIZE OR 2X2 PHOTO
• ·         MONEY (amount depending on scenario)
• ·  ACCOMPLISHED FOR (the medical history checklist form given to you during registration)
• ·         FOREIGN PHYSICAL EXAM FORM with supporting medical records*

*A Foreign Physical Exam Form (here's the form in .pdf) is the form you should have submitted to your Chinese embassy during visa application. Usually, the Chinese Embassy has a list of accredited local hospital and clinics for the physical exam. In the Philippines, Chinese Embassy will not accept the physical exam if it is not done by accredited hospital/clinic. If you’re from the Philippines, the list of POEA accredited clinic/hospital is also the list of the Chinese Embassy.

Supporting medical records are the HIV-AIDS test certificate, Blood Test Results, Xray results, ECG results, etc. Attach whatever you can attach.

There are 2 possible scenarios.

Scenario 1:  NO FOREIGN PHYSICAL EXAM FORM

If by any chance you lost or you have forgotten or simply you do not have a complete Foreign Physical Exam Form with supporting medical records, you will have to undergo the whole process of the physical exam which are:

Step 1: Registration. Present your accomplished form and your passport

Step2: Cashier: Pay RMB400 and you will be issued with a yellow receipt.

Step3: Physical Exam: You will have to undergo the medical exams such as X-ray, blood test, EENT test, etc.

Step4: Complete forms. Once all medical tests are done, you approach the teacher/coordinator. He/She will collect your papers and your photo.

I am not really familiar with steps on this scenario because I did not personally go through the steps. What I underwent was Scenario 2.

Scenario 2: WITH FOREIGN PHYSICAL EXAM FORM

Step 1: Registration. Show your passport, accomplished form, and the Foreign Physical Exam Form with supporting medical reports.

Step 2: Cashier: Pay RMB60 and get the forms and receipt.

Step 3: Go to coordinator and submit the papers with your photo.

Some students choose not to wait and take the taxi or commuter bus back to the school.  The free transfer only leaves once everyone is done. It’s really up to you if you want to wait.

How long this process does takes if you are going to wait?

12:30-1:00 PM	The bus will be waiting for the students in near the Library.
1:00PM-1:30PM	Travel time (this can be extended up to 1:45PM depending on the traffic condition)
The actual Physical Exam will depend on what scenario and on the number of people in the Center. In my batch’s experience, when we arrived at the Center, there were around 60 military men who came before us. So we have to queue behind them. As for me, I had Scenario 2. It took me around 30minutes for Step 1 and around 2minutes for Step 2 and 3. By around 2:15PM , I was already in the bus watching How I Met Your Mother in my cellphone.
3:00PM-3:30PM	Travel time
3:30-3.45PM	Back to BLCU library, again this depends on the traffic conditions