My medical experience in Amsterdam

[Anna Sif 0]

Hi,

I had my medical exam last week here in Amsterdam.

I called both the doctor and the X ray clinic and got appointments for 2 days later (their info is in letter in packet 4)

I first had the Xray at the clinic. It took about 10 mins. They are sending the xray to the doctor, but the lady told me it looked fine. I paid 50 euros cash at the end.

Then walked to the doctor's office, which is about 10 mins walk away. There I had to fill in a form, had some blood taken, and then i waited about 40 mins for the doctor to see me. He's a really nice man, he made small conversation about this and that and asked me questions about my medical history (the usual: have you ever been in hospital, seriously ill, take medicines or drugs, etc). Then he measured my heght and weight, took my blood pressure, checked my heart rate and breathing and my eye sight with one of those optician charts. He then checked my vaccination card and told me i didn't need the Hepatitis B vaccination i took, that people older than 17 don't need to get it, even though it says so in the letter i got from the Embassy!! So my advice is to wait til your medical before getting any vaccinations, i took them in advance to be well prepared and ended up getting some i didn't need!

I paid 155 euros at the end of the exam and that was it!

They send the results directly to the Embassy.

So that's done and my interview is next tuesday. I'm a bit nervous, cos this week i gave official notice at work and to my landlord... So wish me luck! I'll post how it went after my interview.

Anna