Freedom of the Seas - has an Emergency?

[nae418]

Hi:

 

I was watching Freedom of the Seas leave from Miami via PTZ and after turning in the basin, it docked again instead of going out to sea.  I saw an ambulance with flashing lights headed to the ship.  Anyone on the ship that could share any details.    Prayers are going up. 

[not-enough-cruising]

The details are someone needed an ambulance. You don’t need to know anything else. 

[1025cruise]

It appears that there was a medical emergency on board that required a passenger to be debarked for an ambulance.

[soremekun]

Can I assume one's regular health insurance would be useful in this case since the ship never reached international waters?

[not-enough-cruising]

33 minutes ago, soremekun said:

Can I assume one's regular health insurance would be useful in this case since the ship never reached international waters?

Your assumption is correct 

[ReneeFLL]

1 hour ago, soremekun said:

Can I assume one's regular health insurance would be useful in this case since the ship never reached international waters?

That's an interesting question. I would think so but I could be wrong.

[vision14k]

On freedom now, I didn’t hear about the emergency but we were late leaving, so that explains it!

[BirdTravels]

On 1/20/2023 at 6:40 PM, soremekun said:

Can I assume one's regular health insurance would be useful in this case since the ship never reached international waters?

International or not, they generated a [big] doctor bill on the ship. It depends on how your insurance pays for cruise ship expenses. My insurance used to treat cruise ship completely different than anything else and the amount they considered “reasonable and allowable”. 

[PatMunits]

I'm on Enchantment at the moment. She had a medical emergency at Barbados earlier this afternoon but departed with a minor delay. 

 

However, later tonight we started racing towards Martinique and now have been adrift for a couple of hours facing Fort-de-France from about five miles away.

 

Emergency medical insurance is a must for anyone who travels outside the territory where their home medical coverage has effect.

[PatMunits]

Emergency situation is over and we're on our way to St. Kitts.

Photo of an emergency services (coastguard?) boat from Martinique that took away our ill passenger and their companion.

Person masked for privacy reasons.

Many dozen of Enchantment's crew participated in this emergency evacuation, as at one point they were expecting a medevac helicopter to lift gurney without landing. The chopper never came, and instead a boat with medics came.

[matj2000]

Of my 30 different cruises.

 

We have had at least 4 trips that have had medical emergencies.

 

Some with diversions, helicopter, alpha alpha alpha, etc.

 

And those are the ones that I know about.

 

With 3000 - 6000 passengers (majority unhealthy) + crew

 

It is no big deal, or at least doesn't need a new thread started..

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jean87510]

1 hour ago, matj2000 said:

Of my 30 different cruises.

 

We have had at least 4 trips that have had medical emergencies.

 

Some with diversions, helicopter, alpha alpha alpha, etc.

 

And those are the ones that I know about.

 

With 3000 - 6000 passengers (majority unhealthy) + crew

 

It is no big deal, or at least doesn't need a new thread started..

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yet here you are.  And me.  Its what happens