Even if you're as healthy as a horse, you still need to take your medical records with you when you take up your teaching post overseas.
Why? Because it gives any physician treating you for the first time a head start... Be prepared as Sir Baden Powell would say:
3. Medical records and adequate supplies of medications
Anyone in your family that has an ongoing medical condition should request a copy of their medical records. For your children you should have or get a copy of their vaccination record.
Additionally, take a two month supply, at least, of your regular medications with you. This will give you plenty of time to check out the provision of medical services in your new country and to find and register with a new doctor.
FYI...
Some medications are sold under alternative brand names in different countries. It took me ages to figure out that Tylenol was the American brand name for paracetamol. Ask your doctor for alternative names for your regular medications before you leave home.
Moving your teaching career overseas - doctors and nurses
Why? Because it gives any physician treating you for the first time a head start... Be prepared as Sir Baden Powell would say:
3. Medical records and adequate supplies of medications
Anyone in your family that has an ongoing medical condition should request a copy of their medical records. For your children you should have or get a copy of their vaccination record.
Additionally, take a two month supply, at least, of your regular medications with you. This will give you plenty of time to check out the provision of medical services in your new country and to find and register with a new doctor.
FYI...
Some medications are sold under alternative brand names in different countries. It took me ages to figure out that Tylenol was the American brand name for paracetamol. Ask your doctor for alternative names for your regular medications before you leave home.
Moving your teaching career overseas - doctors and nurses
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