Families paid through the nose, and now pay dearly for it

AFTER having two maids with medical problems within two months, Jason thought he would be third-time lucky.

A case where a 32-year-old businessman from Puchong, Kuala Lumpur realized that her two maids had hepatitis C and another one had lung infection.

“When the first maid arrived and they were happy with her until we received a call from the agency five days later saying that she had failed her medical test because she had hepatitis C.”The agency offered to replace the maid with another and about three weeks noticed that the maid tired easily. She would turn pale after doing heavy chores and even her breathing was laboured.”

The maid was taken for a second medical test, although she had been given a clean bill of health by the authorities. The X-ray revealed that she had a lung infection and half her lungs were badly scarred.

“The doctor says there an old and new infection. How could this have gone undetected, considering the maid had supposedly had an X-ray taken in Indonesia and another one here?”

Jason’s woes got worse when the third maid began to act up, causing much distress to his wife who was eight months pregnant. He are now without a maid and feel so cheated because have been given one problematic maid after another despite paying so much for these maids.”

another case where Ong, also of Puchong, was just as unlucky. His two maids tested positive for herpes.

The first maid being certified medically fit by the Indonesian authorities and Fomema.

To be doubly sure, Ong sent her for an independent blood test and X-ray. The results showed she had herpes types 1 and 2. So the agency agreed to give me a replacement maid

When the second maid also sent her for a medical test. She also tested positive for herpes type 1. Ong sent her for a second test at a private hospital and the result for herpes type 1 was negative.
Ong resent the maid for a third test at a private lab and the result was again positive.

“But what was frustrating was that the maid agency initially said it could not replace the maid or ensure that any future maid I got would be free of herpes.”

The Malaysian Association of Foreign Maid Agencies could not give Ong an assurance about the medical condition of foreign maids who come to Malaysia.

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