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We are currently onboard the Navigator and the captain just announced we will be pulling up along Grand Cayman to drop off a passenger with a medical emergency. A tender boat will be picking them up approximately 8:15 tonight. The captain did say he still plans to make it to Jamaica on time tomorrow. Hope all is well with the passenger!

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We are currently onboard the Navigator and the captain just announced we will be pulling up along Grand Cayman to drop off a passenger with a medical emergency. A tender boat will be picking them up approximately 8:15 tonight. The captain did say he still plans to make it to Jamaica on time tomorrow. Hope all is well with the passenger!

 

 

Wow!! Hope all is well is GC one of your ports? Please keep us posted.

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I was on Navigator March 15th sailing and we had a medical emergency. The captain announced that we were heading back towards Louisiana and the Coast Guard was going to board the ship by helicopter and take the passenger to New Orleans for treatment. They closed off the entire front of the ship so the helicopter could land, we were still in the water while this happened, then we continued on to Falmouth, Jamaica. We arrived on time. Never heard anything about the passenger, didn't know if it was man or woman, adult or child. Nothing was ever mentioned. Hope your medical emergency passenger is OK.

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Almost every time we've been on a cruise we've had to drop someone off for a medical emergency. I feel so bad for those involved and spend way too much time worrying about complete strangers, how they are, what happened. I feel so bad for them. Being away from home and being ill or injured. :(

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. Being away from home and being ill or injured. :(

 

Some of the horror stories Ive read of accidents happening onboard and the cruiselines dumping these people in foreign countries with subpar healthcare scare me to death.

 

I understand they cant treat major things onboard but they should put a little more thought into where they take their passengers. Once they get you off that ship, they absolutely could not care less what happens to you from everything Ive read.

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Coast Guard was going to board the ship by helicopter and take the passenger to New Orleans for treatment. They closed off the entire front of the ship so the helicopter could land

 

 

Wow those helipads aren't just there to look pretty then.

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I was on Navigator March 15th sailing and we had a medical emergency. The captain announced that we were heading back towards Louisiana and the Coast Guard was going to board the ship by helicopter and take the passenger to New Orleans for treatment. They closed off the entire front of the ship so the helicopter could land, we were still in the water while this happened, then we continued on to Falmouth, Jamaica. We arrived on time. Never heard anything about the passenger, didn't know if it was man or woman, adult or child. Nothing was ever mentioned. Hope your medical emergency passenger is OK.

 

The ship rarely gets out of the water:D

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Wow those helipads aren't just there to look pretty then.

 

 

During our bridge tour on the Oasis, the captain told us that helicopters rarely actually land on the ship because they're too heavy. Instead they hover and drop a basket to pick up the patient. Interesting.

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Some of the horror stories Ive read of accidents happening onboard and the cruiselines dumping these people in foreign countries with subpar healthcare scare me to death.

 

I understand they cant treat major things onboard but they should put a little more thought into where they take their passengers. Once they get you off that ship, they absolutely could not care less what happens to you from everything Ive read.

 

If it were me and I had a medical emergency, I'd rather be in Grand Cayman than Jamaica!

 

Yeah, it is scary. That's why I always get trip insurance. You have to look out for yourself.

 

Hope the passenger is ok.

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Some of the horror stories Ive read of accidents happening onboard and the cruiselines dumping these people in foreign countries with subpar healthcare scare me to death.

 

I understand they cant treat major things onboard but they should put a little more thought into where they take their passengers. Once they get you off that ship, they absolutely could not care less what happens to you from everything Ive read.

 

 

They are not just dumping the passengers off without thought going into the decisions. If they feel the passenger could be in danger not getting to a more advanced facilities they will get them to one. In doing so this usually cost the cruise line a lot of additional money. They can go hours out of their way to insure the passenger gets better treatment. This uses a huge amount of fuel. I've been on the Explorer when we turned around and returned to port just 2 hours into our cruise. We had to pickup the Pilot again. We pulled up next to the dock and put a ramp out. The ambulance crew came on-board with a stretcher and then they left with the patient and family. I don't know if the cruise line has to pay any pilot or dock fees in these cases but just the fuel alone cost a lot of money.

 

Even though a lot of the foreign counties may not be up to the US standards they are far better equipped to handle a lot more situations than the ship is. Sometimes it could be precautionary as well. If they think there is a possibility that a stable passenger may get worse it is better to get them to a land based facility.

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They are not just dumping the passengers off without thought going into the decisions.

 

If you've been around CC for very long I can see how you'd get the opposite impression. Rare are the good stories just like the reviews posted here.

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Same thing happened to us on April 12th cruise, Tuesday around noon they announced we would be stopping in GC briefly for a medical reason and that it would not affect our arrival time in Jamaica. So around 6:30, sure enough we are in GC and we see the tender boat come over. We were able to see GC at 'night' that way. I never heard anything else about the passenger that was being treated.

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We are currently onboard the Navigator and the captain just announced we will be pulling up along Grand Cayman to drop off a passenger with a medical emergency. A tender boat will be picking them up approximately 8:15 tonight. The captain did say he still plans to make it to Jamaica on time tomorrow. Hope all is well with the passenger!

 

I was on this cruise with you. Funny, I did not hear the announcement from the captain. In fact, I do not think many crew heard it either. Here is why I say that;

 

We were in Chops at 8pm, and all of a sudden I notice lights outside the window. I asked, and was told by the crew there, they did not know what that way. Fair enough. As we ate dinner and got closer, I could tell it was Grand Cayman, and assumed that there was a medical emergency, but had not heard anything. After dinner I called guest relations, and was told by the person who answered, that we were not in Grand Cayman, we were at sea. LMAO This was hilarious, as I said.. no we are in Grand Cayman, take a look outside.

 

She put me on hold, and came back and stated that we were stopped to let someone off, and that we would be continuing on our way. That is fine, I did not need to know more. I wish I had heard the announcement you are referring to.. who knows maybe I was napping, or in the Casino.. seems like I never hear announcements in the Casino.

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Oh yes they do, happened to me on Celebrity. Thought I would link since it's the same company.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2217655

 

Jackie, I'm glad that you shared your post on this board as well. I think it is clear that you have made people think about things that they might not have otherwise, and in turn helped a lot of people possibly avoid what happened to you. I know I will do things differently when I sail again. However one still has to hope Cruise Line does right by you.

 

Thanks

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If you've been around CC for very long I can see how you'd get the opposite impression. Rare are the good stories just like the reviews posted here.

 

I have been and given the fact that medical emergencies happen every day (according to other posters in this discussion), I haven't seen any bad medical stories other than the ones posted on this thread.

 

These stories always tend to be one sided. And while I won't disagree with the facts of what happened, sometimes I question how the cruise line is considered to be the problem. If there is a choice to get a sick passenger to a better facility, it does sound like they will do it.

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I have been and given the fact that medical emergencies happen every day (according to other posters in this discussion), I haven't seen any bad medical stories other than the ones posted on this thread.

 

 

 

These stories always tend to be one sided. And while I won't disagree with the facts of what happened, sometimes I question how the cruise line is considered to be the problem. If there is a choice to get a sick passenger to a better facility, it does sound like they will do it.

 

 

I was only pointing out to Fred based on some horror stories I've read on CC how someone may get the impression that people get 'dumped' in not so nice a place. I haven't experienced it so I wouldn't venture to say it does or does not happen nor would I rate any island's medical facilities.

 

 

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It seems like nearly every cruise has some kind of medical emergency.

 

 

In fact, I feel like if you take a completely random cohort of 2000 people over a 7 day period, chances are there would be no medical emergency, yet on a cruise ship it happens all the time.

 

 

Not sure if some people just get really seasick or if it's something to do with the disproportionately high number of old people that cruise.

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