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Health ministry tightens H1N1 procedures

Abu Dhabi: Residents who develop symptoms of flu while travelling abroad have been advised to present a medical certificate upon their arrival in the UAE from next month.

An official from the Ministry of Health (MoH) told Gulf News that presenting medical certificates will help speed up airport procedures and clarify why a certain passenger is suffering from a high temperature or cold or flu.

The certificate must state what illness the person is suffering from and the medications prescribed.

Dr Ali Bin Shaker, Director of the Ministry of Health and Chairman of the Technical Health Committee for Combating Swine Flu, on Tuesday denied a Gulf News report that said starting next month all expats on holiday will have to produce a medical certificate to prove they are not infected with the H1N1 virus before entering the country.

http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Health/10335543.html

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Is that a joke?

So if a patient was misdiagnosed abroad and arrives here with a certificate that they only have normal flu, so they can still enter the country and infect everybody around?

Health Ministry:

28 July 8am: YES
28 July 2Pm: NO
29 July 8am: YES
29 July 2Pm: ???

Metaphor79 wrote:Health ministry tightens H1N1 procedures

Abu Dhabi: Residents who develop symptoms of flu while travelling abroad have been advised to present a medical certificate upon their arrival in the UAE from next month.

An official from the Ministry of Health (MoH) told Gulf News that presenting medical certificates will help speed up airport procedures and clarify why a certain passenger is suffering from a high temperature or cold or flu.

The certificate must state what illness the person is suffering from and the medications prescribed.

Dr Ali Bin Shaker, Director of the Ministry of Health and Chairman of the Technical Health Committee for Combating Swine Flu, on Tuesday denied a Gulf News report that said starting next month all expats on holiday will have to produce a medical certificate to prove they are not infected with the H1N1 virus before entering the country.

http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Health/10335543.html

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from what I understood from the article, they are only advising them to get a certificate in order to help speed up airport procedures and clarify why a certain passenger is suffering from a high temperature or cold or flu as it state so I'm guessing it's an option..

now only god knows if (advised) mean (required) in UAE officials dictionary

uaekid,

Relying on unverified certificates can lead to a disaster, psychologically, it will derail medics from proper examination of the patient.

Examining travelers with high temperature is still way more effective and accurate because no case in excluded.

Metaphor79 wrote:uaekid,

Relying on unverified certificates can lead to a disaster, psychologically, it will derail medics from proper examination of the patient.

Examining travelers with high temperature is still way more effective and accurate because no case in excluded.

true. someone might take advantage of such a system, I think the old fashion way is better.

Come on people, lets get real

sage & onion wrote:Come on people, lets get real

seriously, lets not start spreading rumours so that ppl can get worried.

unless there is a LAW out we should not discuss about it.