You may have read or heard about a baby born on Royal Caribbean’s Independence of the Seas this month. In case you hadn’t, this is a really nice story with a happy ending, at least so far. And incidentally, it’s a story about everybody doing the right thing. The baby’s mother, Emily Morgan, was given permission… Continue reading Tiny Baby Conquers First Cruise…Plus!
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MSC Medical Innovation First At Sea
As the cost of attending to our aches and pains, and worse, continues to rise t becomes obvious that some sort of online integration makes sense in ways we could never have imagined. How long until the visit to the doctor is online? Telemedicine, it's called. Now it is going to sea. For kids. On… Continue reading MSC Medical Innovation First At Sea
How 'Accident' Changed Cruise Doctor's Life
Ricardo Mejia's trip to becoming a doctor on a cruise ship started by accident on the beach. On his way back home to Colombia from Chicago, where he'd spent three years studying emergency care at Northwestern University, Dr. Mejia had a stopover in Miami so he visited a Colombia expat and his family. At that… Continue reading How 'Accident' Changed Cruise Doctor's Life
The Latest on Norovirus Vaccine
It’s not a cure for cancer or heart disease or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, but for people who have suffered from norovirus, there is now a step in the right direction. A vaccine for the sometimes-deadly disease — it’s always associated with but not restricted to cruise ships — has passed experimental tests at Baylor College… Continue reading The Latest on Norovirus Vaccine
Carnival's Fascinating Medicine Man
We often talk to doctors on cruise ships, fortunately not for the reasons most people talk to doctors. We enjoy meeting them because they bear an enormous responsibility — responding to the potential needs of thousands of people a week with no files charting their medical history — and because doctors are often more interesting… Continue reading Carnival's Fascinating Medicine Man