"Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
Before an Emirati couple can get married, they have to pass a medical examination...............
I suppose you lot all knew that....... :o |
Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
Originally Posted by The Dean
(Post 10508219)
Before an Emirati couple can get married, they have to pass a medical examination...............
I suppose you lot all knew that....... :o |
Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
Originally Posted by The Dean
(Post 10508219)
Before an Emirati couple can get married, they have to pass a medical examination...............
I suppose you lot all knew that....... :o Shocking, as I know plenty welsh people that aren't subject to the same tests... |
Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
its to detect Thalasemia and anemia sickle, which aparently is more common here, so nothing saucy.
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The main point of the medical exam is to check for various genetic illnesses such as thalassemia. If both are found to have the gene for thalassemia they are advised of the risks for any children and what they will need to do. The original idea was to discourage the couple from marrying but its had almost no success. As a result and due to extreme consanguinity a rare ressesive condition is at the highest levels any where on earth and uses about 50-75% of all blood supplies in the country.
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Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
Thanks for the replies - I had no idea that the policy/rule even existed........ as you were...... :thumbup:
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Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
Originally Posted by MataHari
(Post 10508232)
its to detect Thalasemia and anemia sickle, which aparently is more common here, so nothing saucy.
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Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
Originally Posted by shiva
(Post 10508235)
...is at the highest levels any where on earth and uses about 50-75% of all blood supplies in the country.
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shame they dont do HIV tests... the number of ladies that find out when they are pregnant and in their early 20s is sad :(
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Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
Originally Posted by OriginalSunshine
(Post 10508512)
shame they dont do HIV tests... the number of ladies that find out when they are pregnant and in their early 20s is sad :(
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Diabetes is also a problem which has been exacerbated by the interbreeding.
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100 generations of cross-cousin marriage ! Wow ! Not good for the gene pool.
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Apparently there's an institution somewhere remote that houses the poor unwanted offspring of many of these marriages .
A bit like the one The House Of Windsor have ;) |
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It's the place up at Hatta isn't it?
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Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
Originally Posted by Cypselos
(Post 10509871)
It's the place up at Hatta isn't it?
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