According to a report from the Philippine Embassy, the Malaysian Government has attributed the high incidence of various disease to the influx of migrant workers.

Alarmed over this matter, Malaysia authorities were prompted to consider a policy that foreign workers must go though a comprehensive and through medical check-up before they can be issued work permits.

In this regard, concerned licensed agencies are enjoined to provide such comprehensive medical examination to their recruits before deploying them to Malaysia as workers who are found medically unfit to work will be repatriated. The licensed agencies and the concerned accredited medical clinic/s that performed the medical examination shall be held jointly responsible in such cases.

For strict compliance.

Adopted: June 29, 1994