Visual Acuity: Visual acuity should be suitable for the job the applicant will perform, bearing in consideration that jobs which require sharp vision such as drivers should not be less than 6/6 or 6/9 either with or without eye-glasses, in addition to colour differentiation, and that the two eye-vision and visual field should be quite normal and should not be suffering from any apparent squint in addition to near vision efficiency. Applicant should not be suffering from contagious eye diseases such as granular conjunctivitis, purulent conjunctivitis, trachoma, and other eye diseases that require prolonged medical treatment or surgical operations such as cataracts and glaucoma.

 

Hearing: Applicant’s hearing power should be normal and should not be suffering from any infections in the middle or inner ear.

 

Clinical Examination

A. Blood Pressure: Should be within normal limits.

B. Heart: Heart beatings must be regular and consistent and heart function should be normal and free from congenital defects and organic diseases.

C. Lungs: Applicant should not be suffering from bronchial asthma or any other lung diseases. Chest X-ray should indicate that the applicant is free from tuberculosis or any signs indicating the existence of fibrosis, calcifications, bronchiectasis or tumours.

D. Abdomen: Applicant should be free from any type of hernias (whether umbilical or inguinal) or ascites, provided that the internal organs should be healthy and not enlarged and the digestive system should be safe from any tumours.

E. Extremities: Should be free from any congenital or pathological abnormalities and legs should be free from varices, and the vertebral column should also be free from any abnormality or disk prolapse.

F. Skin: Applicant should be free from leprotic pathological manifestations and other chronic skin diseases such as eczema and psoriasis or any other infectious skin diseases such as chronic tinea, other fungal skin infections and scabies.

 

Others

A. Applicant should be free from all rheumatic diseases, lymphoid glands and thyroid gland enlargement or any apparent tumours.

B. In case of females, applicant should not be pregnant and should be free from all types of vaginal bleedings, uterine prolapse and breast tumours.

Venereal Diseases

Applicant should be free from clinical symptoms and signs for any venereal disease, clinically and laboratory (TPHA or VDRL or any other specific type of analysis).

Urine: A complete urine analysis shall be made, on condition that its results should be within the normal limits, provided that it should not contain sugar, albumin or bilharzia in endemic areas.

 

Stool: An analysis should be made for the stool for any gastro intestinal parasites. A stool culture should be done in order to ascertain that it does not include salmonella, shigella and cholera (in endemic areas).

 

Blood:

A. A complete blood picture shall be made on condition that the results should be within the normal limits, and that haemoglobin percent should not be less than 10g/100ml.

B. A film shall be taken for malaria to make sure that it does not exist.

C. Necessary analysis shall be carried out so as to know the percentage of sugar in blood, which should not exceed the normal level.

 

Serology Should Include:

A. Ascertaining that applicant is not suffering from HIV infection through Elisa test, and results of this test must be “Non reactive”.

B. HBsAg and Anti-HCV results should be “Negative”.

C. Liver functions tests: SGPT & SGOT results should be within normal level.

D. Kidney function test (creatinine) results should be within normal averages.