FANTASTIC. Hope it's true.Rumor is the entire terminal erupted into applause as this family was escorted out due to the drama they created.
FANTASTIC. Hope it's true.
Me, too. And if true, I hope that more people hear about it.
AND that there is video!! THAT I will gladly give clicks to watch!
You might be shocked to hear this, but things have changed in the past 30+ years. For instance, when I was born in the early 80's you could smoke in the waiting room. Now that hospital has banned smoking anywhere on their property, including outside. She probably wasn't given thalidomide for her morning sickness either. Because times change, medicine advances, we learn more about health and pregnancy, and policies change with it.However, I have mixed feelings about the policy based on what we were told by Royal Caribbean when we checked back in 1986 when my wife was 28 weeks pregnant and we cruised with them.
You might be shocked to hear this, but things have changed in the past 30+ years. For instance, when I was born in the early 80's you could smoke in the waiting room. Now that hospital has banned smoking anywhere on their property, including outside. She probably wasn't given thalidomide for her morning sickness either. Because times change, medicine advances, we learn more about health and pregnancy, and policies change with it.
You missed the point. There are other health conditions that are not forbidden that are greater risk.
However, I have mixed feelings about the policy based on what we were told by Royal Caribbean when we checked back in 1986 when my wife was 28 weeks pregnant and we cruised with them. My wife's OB-GYN had no hesitation about her cruising. But we called Royal Caribbean to double check if it was an issue. In those days, RCL had no restrictions at all on sailing while pregnant.
You missed the point. There are other health conditions that are not forbidden that are greater risk.
You missed the point. There are other health conditions that are not forbidden that are greater risk.
What other health conditions are you thinking of? I haven't been able to think of any that would so quickly turn into an emergency for an otherwise healthy person that they would know they have. Usually things that require emergency intervention are things that the person is unaware of, like a heart attack or stroke. No one can know when those things would happen. Health conditions that people are aware they have usually don't go from "I'm healthy enough to go on a cruise" to "I need emergency medical intervention" quickly.
It also wouldn't surprise me if DCL's insurance company requires that they have a restriction in place for pregnant cruisers in order to mitigate the risk of a lawsuit.
Yes, I mentioned in post 136 ship deaths. And ships do have morgues. They are small cities on water so that is something they have to have a plan/system for.Adult health issues are not necessarily a huge problem, though with the average age of cruise passengers in the industry deaths are not uncommon. I believe cruise ships have the equivalent to a morgue for those unfortunate situations that arise more commonly than we realize.
DCL (and I assume any mainstream cruise ship nowadays) has essentially a mini-ER and is capable of stabilizing most patients well enough to get them transferred. However, cruise ships do not have the life-saving NICU equipment that would be absolutely vital to giving a 25-week preemie any chance of survival.
That's a head scratcher, though I got lost back when I was told the entire argument (again, made over 30 years ago by a random RCCL phone rep) boils down to the relative privation fallacy.You've lost me completely on how Princess Diana's tragic accident has any relevance to the discussion about medical services available onboard a cruise ship; especially pertaining to allowing (or not allowing) passage to pregnant women.
You've lost me completely on how Princess Diana's tragic accident has any relevance to the discussion about medical services available onboard a cruise ship; especially pertaining to allowing (or not allowing) passage to pregnant women.
Simple. No matter how extensive the medical services available...ANYWHERE.....there are situations where the needed treatment isn't available. A ship could have a full hospital, and still not have what was needed for a specific emergency.You've lost me completely on how Princess Diana's tragic accident has any relevance to the discussion about medical services available onboard a cruise ship; especially pertaining to allowing (or not allowing) passage to pregnant women.