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Reason No. 6 Not To Cruise: If The Ship Doctor Kills You, Too Bad

By Jim Walker on April 18, 2010
Posted in Passenger Rights

This is reason no. 6 in the series: Top 10 Reasons Not To Cruise

The last place you want to become ill or injured is on a cruise ship far away from a U.S. port.

Cruise ship medical care is limited.  Ship doctors are usually from foreign medical schools.  The shipboard facilities are often inadequate and the…

Cruise Ship Medical Care – Royal Caribbean Gives Their Crew Members the Royal Shaft

By Jim Walker on September 27, 2009
Posted in Crew Member Rights, Worst Cruise Line in the World

In 2004, The Miami New Times interviewed me as part of an investigation into how cruise lines treat their crew members once they become ill or injured. The article was entitled "Screwed If By Sea – Cruise Lines Throw Workers Overboard When It Comes to Providing Urgent Medical Care."

The article focused on…

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