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The AFMC has laid out a medical Fitness Criteria in which they check the general medical fitness related to height, weight, hearing, visual, speech and general ability.
Height/WEIGHT-
Girl- minimum height of 144 cms and minimum weight of 36 Kgs is essential.
Boys standards: height above 157.5 cms (152.5 cms for Gorkhas, Nepalese, Assamese and Garhwali) and weight above 47 kgs required.
GENERAL-
Candidate should be free from serious deformity and mal-developments. There should be no scoliosis, spina bifida and other skeletal deformities apparent or on clinical examination.
There should be no impediment of speech.
There should be no sign of functional/organic disease of the heart and blood vessels.
There is no fistula or evidence of piles.There is no disease of the kidneys, including glycosuria or albuminuria
.There is no disease of the skin
.There is no active, latent or congenital STD or HIV.
There is no history of epilepsy and any mental and psychiatric disorder.
There is no squint or any other morbid condition of the eye and eyelids.There is no active trachoma or its complications.
There are no enlarged glands (Lymph nodes) in the neck and other parts of the body
There should be no evidence of pulmonary tuberculosis or previous history of this disease or any other chronic disease of the lungs.X-ray chest will be taken for this purpose.
There should be no evidence of any disease of the digestive system, including any abnormality of the liver and spleen. Ultrasound exam (USG) of the abdomen will be done.
There should be no inguinal hernia or tendency to hydrocele or definite varicocele or any other disease or defect of the genital organs.
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