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When planning a holiday cruise your check list of holiday essentials will probably include items such as; sun tan lotion, beach towel, flip flops, good book. It probably doesn't include the telephone number of a good medical negligence solicitor. However, accidents and illness can occur on board ship and the level of care you may receive might not be what you would have expected.
Typical cruise ship injuries include:
What might happen to a cruise ship patient
The first thing to remember is that medical care is paid for from your travel insurance so you will need to be adequately covered. All cruise ships should have medical facilities and qualified healthcare staff on board. The minimum requirement is that medical staff should be able to offer emergency care and be able to stabilise patients.
In cases of severe illness and injury passengers may be removed from the ship and taken to the nearest medical centre available. The potential for medical negligence is relatively high as levels of care vary around the world and from ship to ship.
What you should do if you feel your medical care has been negligent
Medical staff on board cruise ships are not necessarily employed by the cruise line and the holiday company may not be liable in medical negligence issues. Therefore it is important to gather as much information as possible about the person treating you and the treatment you receive.
Additionally it is wise to contact a medical negligence solicitor quickly in order to utilise their expertise in any ensuing litigation.
Cruise ship medical negligence is a complex area of compensation law and it is vital that you have the right expertise for your case. The solicitors at YouClaim have years of experience and are highly successful in their fields.
Unfortunately, in medical negligence cases it is sometimes necessary to pay certain costs before the litigation can proceed and for this reason we cannot say there will be no fees. However, we always discuss fees and charges with you, so that you can consider them carefully before going ahead with your compensation claim and in a won case we will always reimburse these charges to you. Also, you will receive 100%of the compensation awarded; we do not take a penny from it.
If you would like an experienced medical negligence solicitor to look at your case and see if you could make a claim for compensation please call our free UK helpline on 0800 10 757 95 or have an e-chat. If it's not convenient right now we can call you back, or you could give us a few details about your illness or injury treatment by filling in our online claim form and we will call you to discuss it further. Whichever way you choose to contact YouClaim you can be assured we will give you the best service available.
