Oh dear! What Next?

[Sandielle]

Cruise Weekly, 17 Sep 2013

 

As far as medical emergencies go, this must have made the Captain a little angry.

The Thomson Spirit required the assistance of the Coast Guard while in Strangford Lough, off the coast of Northern Ireland, after a female passenger suffered a nosebleed.

Despite routine medical assistance from the onboard doctor, the passenger insisted the problem was sufficient enough to have ruined her cruise and she wanted to get off...now.

After the matter continued to escalate, the doctor reluctantly agreed and called for the Coast Guard, who met the vessel, transporting the woman to Dublin Airport.

The woman was then moved on to Dublin Hospital by ambulance, where the

nosebleed was quickly treated and stopped.

[bazzaw]

I hope she had travel insurance !! :)

 

Barry

[woodyren]

I hope she had travel insurance !! :)

 

Barry

 

I hope she didn't.

[croydonCruiser]

I hope she didn't.

 

I hope she did, and they refuse to pay on the grounds that it wasn't a medical emergency! :D

[Aus Traveller]

I hope she did, and they refuse to pay on the grounds that it wasn't a medical emergency! :D

I like that suggestion. :)

[karmac]

I hope she did, and they refuse to pay on the grounds that it wasn't a medical emergency! :D

 

Oh, wouldn't that be wonderful!!! Stupid *****.

[The_Big_M]

Just a cover, because she left the stove on at home.

[MicCanberra]

Cruise Weekly, 17 Sep 2013

 

As far as medical emergencies go, this must have made the Captain a little angry.

The Thomson Spirit required the assistance of the Coast Guard while in Strangford Lough, off the coast of Northern Ireland, after a female passenger suffered a nosebleed.

Despite routine medical assistance from the onboard doctor, the passenger insisted the problem was sufficient enough to have ruined her cruise and she wanted to get off...now.

After the matter continued to escalate, the doctor reluctantly agreed and called for the Coast Guard, who met the vessel, transporting the woman to Dublin Airport.

The woman was then moved on to Dublin Hospital by ambulance, where the

nosebleed was quickly treated and stopped.

 

Incredible, there must be more to it, to be sure.:D

[Aus Traveller]

Incredible, there must be more to it, to be sure.:D

 

To be sure. We could come up with all sorts of scenarios. Maybe she wanted to get away from her husband on the ship and go back to her lover. :D

[MicCanberra]

To be sure. We could come up with all sorts of scenarios. Maybe she wanted to get away from her husband on the ship and go back to her lover. :D

 

Maybe she wanted a Guinness and she didn't have a drinks package.:D

[dizzy1948]

I bet she gets more than a nose bleed when she gets the bill :eek:Be nice of whoever made this situation known could do the "follow up" and let us know the outcome in dollars kerchink, kerchink, kerchink :rolleyes:

Would be interesting to see if an Insurance Company would pay for this one - they could make her "pay through the nose" excuse the pun - interesting mmmm:p

Edited September 17, 2013 by dizzy1948

[Sandielle]

LOL, you guys are funny. Silly woman - it would take much more than a bleeding nose to get me off a cruise. Maybe she didn't want to go in the first place. :D

[MicCanberra]

It really is so absurd that it is funny. I wouldn't want to leave the ship even if I died.:eek:

[BuzzBuzzen]

i agree with MicCanberra , but i hope they wheel you out of the cabin before i check into it :)

[MicCanberra]

i agree with MicCanberra , but i hope they wheel you out of the cabin before i check into it :)

From the cabin to the morgue, I hear the rates are quite stiff.:eek:

[Sandielle]

From the cabin to the morgue, I hear the rates are quite stiff.:eek:

 

 

But...........a good one, Mic!:D

Edited September 18, 2013 by Sandielle

[Pushka]

I'm thinking that with such an expensive detour, unless the Doctor on board was prepared to state it was an emergency (life or death) that you'd need to have contacted the Insurance company first before proceeding. They may not pay.

[sandysu]

I'm thinking that with such an expensive detour, unless the Doctor on board was prepared to state it was an emergency (life or death) that you'd need to have contacted the Insurance company first before proceeding. They may not pay.

 

I'd agree, the original story sounds like the lady was very odd and that it wasn't an emergency at all. This website though has a somewhat different version - from this one it does sound like it was quite nasty.

[MicCanberra]

I'd agree, the original story sounds like the lady was very odd and that it wasn't an emergency at all. This website though has a somewhat different version - from this one it does sound like it was quite nasty.

 

Might have been a heamophyliac (sic).:eek:

[karmac]

CC need to get with the time and have a "like" button lol. I wanted to do that on all these replies.

[Pushka]

CC need to get with the time and have a "like" button lol. I wanted to do that on all these replies.

 

Totally like! :)

 

I didn't think females could have hemophilia? They just carry it for their male offspring.

[rugbypopsie]

Perhaps she hadn't heard that Prince William has quit the rescue helicopter.:p

 

Sue

[happybos]

Maybe she was on some sort of blood thinning medication (e.g. warfarin). The link to the second report sounded much more serious and that it was the doctor who ordered the evacuation, not the lady herself. Any bleeding that can't be stopped is serious, even if it is "just" a nose bleed, especially for someone who is a little older.

[MicCanberra]

Perhaps she hadn't heard that Prince William has quit the rescue helicopter.:p

 

Sue

 

Love it. :D

[MicCanberra]

Maybe she was on some sort of blood thinning medication (e.g. warfarin). The link to the second report sounded much more serious and that it was the doctor who ordered the evacuation, not the lady herself. Any bleeding that can't be stopped is serious, even if it is "just" a nose bleed, especially for someone who is a little older.

 

Yes, that was my thought. I forgot about females and heamophilia.