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Latest Questions on Medical

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DOES QUEEN MARY 2 HAVE THE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH A DENTAL EMERGENCY TRANSATLANTIC ?

Submitted by WILLIAMS, Neath on 22nd May 2012
Subject: Cunard Cruises, Queen Mary 2, Transatlantic

7 answers
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how is the norvo virus on the IOS

Submitted by rhodes, Luton on 5th Mar 2012
Subject: Royal Caribbean Cruises, Independence Of The Seas, Canaries

8 answers
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Help please. My wife & myself are "taking a cruise of a lifetime" through the Panama Canal in Sep/Oct. Flying from UK to Los Angeles returning via Miami. On our booking documents our Travel Company...

Submitted by Smithson, Gloucestershire on 19th Jan 2012
Subject: NCL Cruises, Norwegian Pearl, Panama Canal

9 answers
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Can anyone tell me if vaccinations are needed for a Caribbean cruise please? Our route is Barbados, St Maarten, Tortola, Catalina Island, St Kitts, Antigua, St Lucia, Dominica and St Vincent...

Submitted by Clarke, Birmingham on 3rd Sep 2011
Subject: P&O Cruises, Ventura, Caribbean

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My wife has been informed she may have to use an oxygen concentrator. We will be sailing on Queen Victoria on 1st August 2011 for 17 nights. Does anyone know where we can hire one for use on baord as...

Submitted by Rawlins, Caernarfon on 26th May 2011
Subject: Cunard Cruises

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Discussing cruising with friends, I was very alarmed when one person said that they had listened to a radio programme that said, that very often there was no doctor or fully qualified medical...

Submitted by Reeder, Huddersfield on 17th Feb 2011
Subject: All Cruises

4 answers
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Can anyone offer any constructive advice. We are travelling on the Artemis part of the World Cruise.We visited the Medical Advice Centre and were duly advised to have the Tick Borne Encephalitis...

Submitted by Hargreaves, Vera on 3rd Dec 2010
Subject: P&O Cruises, Artemis

7 answers
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I am a regular cruiser who has just been diagnosed with diabetes.There have been some very helpful tips on this sight re food which have reassured me. Can anyone advise on the availability of sugar...

Submitted by birkett, chester le street on 7th Nov 2010
Subject: P&O Cruises, Ventura, Caribbean

7 answers
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Hi I have booked a cruise on the escape in August and wondered if the novo virus is finally under control on this ship . We sailed on this ship in january, felt no illness but with the large...

Submitted by Askin, Blackburn on 19th Jul 2010
Subject: Thomson Cruises, Island Escape, Mediterranean

14 answers
1093 views

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Novo virus hits Jewel of the Seas we are due to sail on the Jewel on Saturday out of Harwich, and just received an e mail from Royal Caribbean telling us that we will not be able to board before 4...

Submitted by Peter Gibson, Accrington on 9th Jun 2010
Subject: Royal Caribbean Cruises, Jewel Of The Seas, Northern Europe

7 answers
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Joining the Grand Princess in August and worried about the sickness bug this ship has now according to the National Paper

Submitted by Proudlove, Sandbach on 18th May 2010
Subject: Princess Cruises, Grand Princess, Northern Europe

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I AM THINKING OF A CRUISE FOR THE FIRST TIME. I SUFFER FROM BAD TRAVEL SICKNESS IS THE ON-BOARD SICKNESS JAG EFFECTIVE?

Submitted by PETE, GLASGOW on 12th May 2010
Subject: All Cruises

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We are going on our first cruise in may on Ventura, my wife is diabetic and as insulin, its well under controll.Will there be any problem with the cruise line

Submitted by weller, carshalton on 26th Apr 2010
Subject: P&O Cruises, Ventura, Mediterranean

5 answers
385 views

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are the fred olsen ships now clear of the virus

Submitted by hunt, redcar on 29th Mar 2010
Subject: Fred. Olsen Cruises

4 answers
516 views

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Hi my husband and i have booked to sail to the Med on the Azura on May 10th .My husband was taken ill Monday with Third Nerve Palsy .That is he is seeing double and one eye lid is closed ...

Submitted by MORRIS, Llanelli on 10th Feb 2010
Subject: P&O Cruises, Aurora, Mediterranean

4 answers
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We are due to cruise to Dubai and Egypt on Brilliance of the Seas in a couple of months. The problem is that I need to take various medications of which one of them is Codeine...

Submitted by Simon, Runcorn on 5th Feb 2010
Subject: Dubai

4 answers
591 views

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DO YOU NEED ANY VACINATIONS AND MALARIA TABLETS IF YOU ARE CALLING IN AFRICAN POTS

Submitted by MERRETT, PORTLAND on 3rd Feb 2010
Subject: Fred. Olsen Cruises, Balmoral, Africa

6 answers
456 views

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What are the medical facilities like on Royal Caribbean cruise ship Splendour of the Seas.? There is no mention of the facilities or indication of a medical centre on the deck plans in the brochure...

Submitted by Williams, Chesterfield on 24th Jan 2010
Subject: Royal Caribbean Cruises, Splendour Of The Seas