Sandielle Posted September 17, 2013 #1 Share Posted September 17, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzaw Posted September 17, 2013 #2 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I hope she had travel insurance !! :) Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodyren Posted September 17, 2013 #3 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I hope she had travel insurance !! :) Barry I hope she didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croydonCruiser Posted September 17, 2013 #4 Share Posted September 17, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted September 17, 2013 #5 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I hope she did, and they refuse to pay on the grounds that it wasn't a medical emergency! :D I like that suggestion. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmac Posted September 17, 2013 #6 Share Posted September 17, 2013 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 *****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted September 17, 2013 #7 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Just a cover, because she left the stove on at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted September 17, 2013 #8 Share Posted September 17, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted September 17, 2013 #9 Share Posted September 17, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted September 17, 2013 #10 Share Posted September 17, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzy1948 Posted September 17, 2013 #11 Share Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandielle Posted September 18, 2013 Author #12 Share Posted September 18, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted September 18, 2013 #13 Share Posted September 18, 2013 It really is so absurd that it is funny. I wouldn't want to leave the ship even if I died.:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzBuzzen Posted September 18, 2013 #14 Share Posted September 18, 2013 i agree with MicCanberra , but i hope they wheel you out of the cabin before i check into it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted September 18, 2013 #15 Share Posted September 18, 2013 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandielle Posted September 18, 2013 Author #16 Share Posted September 18, 2013 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushka Posted September 18, 2013 #17 Share Posted September 18, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandysu Posted September 18, 2013 #18 Share Posted September 18, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted September 18, 2013 #19 Share Posted September 18, 2013 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmac Posted September 18, 2013 #20 Share Posted September 18, 2013 CC need to get with the time and have a "like" button lol. I wanted to do that on all these replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushka Posted September 18, 2013 #21 Share Posted September 18, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugbypopsie Posted September 18, 2013 #22 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Perhaps she hadn't heard that Prince William has quit the rescue helicopter.:p Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happybos Posted September 18, 2013 #23 Share Posted September 18, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted September 18, 2013 #24 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Perhaps she hadn't heard that Prince William has quit the rescue helicopter.:p Sue Love it. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted September 18, 2013 #25 Share Posted September 18, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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