@Dacosta I’ll give it my best.
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I’m really afraid of needles, so I’ve never donated blood. But since I’m O neg, nothing motivates me to visit a blood clinic the next time I’m in a city that has one (I don’t live near one), just so I have the card in case of an emergency like this. I am aware of my value as a donor.
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was on a 10-day cruise on the Crown Princess in 2019. An ambulance removed a person from the ship at five ports. I’m glad the staff managed to keep the man alive until they landed, but if things hadn’t improved in the past ten years, I would have preferred to wait in Ensenada until we reached US territory.
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Unless the patient decides to share with you, it’s highly unlikely that you will find out due to medical privacy regulations and professional norms.
Although I can appreciate inquiry, I wouldn’t want someone to try to find out details about my health.me.
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Blood donations were requested for our Celebrity Solstice (September 1, 2024, Vancouver to Alaska), and enough donors responded, as evidenced by a subsequent notification stating no more volunteers were required. The patient required hospital treatment, therefore they acted to hasten their return home on the final day. That person seems okay, I hope.
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I have been on ocean crossings, and sadly people do die. Cruise ships are well prepared for medical emergencies and generally do a very good job. Emergencies happen more than most people realize, and the crew regularly practice drills while passengers are a shore. I hope you fellow passengers is ok. For people who are worried about this, the best thing you can get is Med jet. It is a service (not insurance) that if you are hospitalized and want to get back home and are able to transported, you get a medical transport to your home hospital. So for your fellow passenger, I would not want to stay in Mexico. And the last medical emergency I was on the ship, the passenger got offloaded to Dominican Republic …. Again, if it was me, I would want to go to a US based hospital as soon as I was stable. Med jet is the service.
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@Hudson Doesn’t the travel insurance cover that? Every time I received medical insurance in a foreign nation, which was nearly yearly and from several providers, I had this.