Cut medicals? Notes from doctors? :rofl: Well, after 24+ years I've seen stranger things happen...I just retired after doing recruit medicals for 4 years at a CFRC. I've had some people (with good initiative on their part) bring a note from their family physician stating something to the effect of " Johnny So&so has been my patient since his birth, I have completed a physical exam and found him too be physically fit, he is an avid swimmer / baseball player (what have you)...He is fit for the Canadian Forces". I do my medical history, ask 'Johnny' has he / is he on any medications right now? Little 'Johnny' says yes, pulls out for example, paxil (an antidepressant) which he has been taking for ++years, salbutomol and beclamethosone for his cold / exercise induced asthma which he has been taking since age 5 (but he is able to play any sport as long as he has a couple of puffs before the big game - hospitalized only twice, last time being 2 months last winter because of just one bad asthmatic attack in which he was hospitalized for a couple of days with an oxygen mask for inhaled meds). I've seen epileptics, bi polars, schizophrenics, manic depressives, 'mild' depressives (only when they experience a 'stressful' situation ,of course), one eye, one arm, legally blind / deaf etc etc etc..Cut medicals at the CFRC & do the medical on BMQ :
? - wast of money, time, manpower, and voids another BMQ slot for a 'fit' individual. The problem lies with our elected politicians who over the last 20+years have slashed / deroded / derailed / rusted out our(still) fine & well trained military to save a few dollars in the 'near' future or just before an election is called. Now some politician wants to 'fix' a gushing arterial bleed with a bandaid solution. What's the solution? I really don't know. But cutting the medicals / physicals I believe is NOT the answer. We have enough personnel on PAT - personnel awaiting training, we don't need a 'PAW' platoon / company - personnel awaiting (to go) home.
Just my rant & 2 cents.....