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Cruising Tips 86: On-Board Medical Treatment Liabiity

…the service on board the line itself will not be liable for any aspect of medical treatment provided – including the advice, diagnosis, medication or treatment. If the cruise line has to refer you or transfer you to a medical facility in a port they will not provide any warranty, guarantees or be held liable for any treatment you receive. You need to understand that while there is medical facilities on board that are ready to deal with most incid…

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Cruise tip 41: What if I fall ill on a cruise?

…iven a receipt to make an insurance claim if you are covered. With serious medical cases the medical center stabilizes and make patients comfortable until they can be offloaded to hospital. If the problem is acute and the ship is far from land but accessible by helicopter the patient may be evacuated. The facilities are impressive and even include a high-dependency room (i.e. close to intensive care ), they can take x-rays and have a large pharmac…

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Easy-to-Make Cruise Packing Mistakes. 11 Things You Shouldn’t Forget To Pack For Your cruise!

…Dental repair kit On cruise ships there are no dentists. If you do have a medical issue on ocean cruise ships, you can go to the medical centre and get things sorted out. However, if you have a dental problem, there’s no dentist onboard. The medical centre won’t help you for all sorts of reasons: I guess legal reasons, the chance of being sued, lack of expertise, etc. So, if you have a problem with your teeth, it can be a real issue. Particularly…

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Cunard World Cruise Week One Highlights (Southampton to the Azores)

…here was a passenger in the Medical Centre they needed to get to hospital. Medical Centre There is a 24-hour Medical Centre, which is open for walk-in appointments twice a day from 9am to 11am and 4pm to 6pm. Charges are similar to accessing private health care on land in the United Kingdom. They have an extensive pharmacy able to prescribe for most medical issues that arise, but are not able to fill existing prescriptions. If there is a major eme…

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7 Cruise Customs Are Being Scrapped. Which Will You Miss ?

…so on. Even relatively minor illnesses could leave you with a hefty bill. Medical centres were there for emergencies. This tradition is changing, and should be cause for celebration. Medical provision and facilities are being increased, and changed, as a result of the pandemic. The lines are going to now be encouraging passengers to access the medical team, encouraging guests to contact them with minor symptoms and early on. And to encourage pass…

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Not Telling Your Cruise Line These 6 Things Could Sink Your Cruise

…f anything happens, you have complications, or go into labour, cruise ship medical facilities are not equipped to help you or a premature baby. To illustrate this, just as I was working on this a pregnant woman had to be medevaced from a Disney cruise ship as she was having problems, and the ship was very far from a port. Although river cruise lines often allow pregnant women to travel beyond the 24 weeks because they’re closer to land-based medic…

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Too Many Cruisers Are Making These 4 Costly Mistakes Right Now

…terslide. While they reported it to Guest Services, they did not go to the medical centre to be examined, and so she had no medical record to take away nor did they ask for any confirmation they had reported her injury. Over time as she was still not getting better, was still in pain and medical costs were ramping up. So, she tried to get costs covered by Royal Caribbean, they turned her down because there was no documentation and as the claimed i…

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The Smartest Way To Deal With These 6 Cruise Nightmares

…red flag for either Covid or Norovirus, so you can only get those from the Medical Centre. If you’ve taken a first aid pack and you’ve got some, see if that helps. If you contact the Medical Centre and they assess the Norovirus risk, you may be required to quarantine in your cabin. Usually with free room service and Wi-Fi. Similarly, if you have Covid symptoms, if you’ve brought some tests then check. You are expected to advise the Medical Centre…

Group Cruise 2027: Join Me On An Iconic Cunard Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Crossing

…wish to request travel with oxygen via tank or cylinder, please email our medical team at medical@carnivalukgroup.com. If you have any additional needs that could affect your health or safety or that of others, please complete the On board needs questionnaire after booking: https://www.cunard.com/ accessibility Cunard Note 2 (Assistance): In the unlikely event of an emergency, it is important we know in advance of guests on board needs – even if…

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8 Cruise Services That Could Change How You Cruise Forever

…’re normally nurses, who will come on a cruise with you if you do have any medical needs and it avoids you, then having to use the medical centre, but also a lot of cruise lines won’t let you on unless you have someone who cares for you, so they can make sure that they will escort you on excursions, they’ll sort out your cabin if there’s any any special needs and deal with any medical issues you’ve got. One of the companies that does that is a com…

7 Ways Cruising Will Be Changing

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7 Ways Cruising Will Change After The Shutdown

…ation spaces and shifting a little bit more to be able to deal with bigger medical issues on board. I think there’ll be more medical staff on board, and they will have to have much more capability. The second thing I think we’re going to see is the disappearance of self-service buffet areas. You see this a lot if there’s a Norovirus issue on board, and certainly what I saw when I was on the ship in the run up to the shutdown was that everything wa…