Importance Of Medical Checkup

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MEDICAL CHECKUP IN RDF: By Lt Col (Dr) Byimana
Medical and non-medical practitioners must always be aware of the importance of medical checkups in preserving one’s health. When a patient enters a consultation room, the medical practitioner is faced with a series of challenges. First, the patient always expects a successful and accurate diagnosis of his problem, while the practitioner has the task of identifying the cause of discomfort. The practitioner must identify the cause of disease or possible set of diseases. For the practitioner to be able to identify the cause of disease, a series of investigations have to be done. It is these series of investigations which are done in a medical checkup. The medical check-up constitutes the significant part of the entire medical attendance of the doctor to the patient since it correctly establishes the doctor’s basis for appropriate action. A medical checkup is a series of medical investigations and tests conducted on a sick or non-sick individual with the aim to discover the possible malfunction of the body. The aim of this article is to illustrate the importance of regular medical checkup for Rwanda Defence Force troops with view to draw recommendations for ensuring continuous compliance.
The role of medical checkup is evident: Prevention is better than cure as the adage goes. For a medical practitioner, it is always better to take care of a patient in acute phase of disease; and much better when the discovered disease is not yet declared, than to manage a chronic case or worse, to take care of a case that has reached the severe stage. In the first scenario, the practitioner has on his side all the chances to restore the initial conditions of health, while in the second, he is in a dile...

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...ection of this practice is possible as it has been seen in other institutions: some people don’t understand why they should be investigated when they are not sick. Therefore, it is the duty of Military Medical Insurance to indicate the type of medical checkup to be routinely done in order to ease budget making since there is a contribution on cost of investigations per member. The check-up call for soldiers by medical practitioners is a formidable professional practice aimed at enhancing military effectiveness and proficiency in its mission. With the prevailing will and commitment of the government on health promotion the emphasis on medical check-up in the military forces requires special attention. It is in this regard that RDF has embarked on building the medical department and facilities to be the reliable institution in the entire medical and health services.

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