The Arcadia Medical Team - here for you 24/7 under the Leadership of Senior Doctor Rainer.From Left to Right, Doctor Petra, Senior Nurse Suzanne, John,Marilyn, Ian,Raj and Senior Doctor Rainer.
Good Day Everyone,
Hope all is well with you!
Please meet our fantastic Medical Team who are constantly receiving accolades from our passengers and Ship's Company. They are on call 24/7 and a dedicated team they most certainly are. So many passengers travel with P&O Cruises in the knowledge that we have a fully equipped hospital on board and there is no emergency that they cannot deal with. On board Arcadia we have two Doctors and four Nursing Officers. The Senior Doctor looks after the well being of the passengers and the Doctor looks after the crew - however they all work as a team to see that everyone on board ARCADIA is fit and well. For this we are eternally grateful.
Senior Nurse John makes sure that we are always ready for an emergency.
Senior Nurse Marilyn gives Raj - our hospital Steward a big hug! Marilyn is fantastic - she has all the time in the world for a chat! Everyone loves Marilyn!
The Arcadia Medical Team - what more can I say - they are the best.
Bye for now,
James.
'It is just as important to follow you dreams through the bad times as it is during the good times'.
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I'm intrigued to know what type of emergencies they respond to! I guess it's very varied.
I assume that you do not know that any medical information is confidential....
Everyone loves Marilyn! you say. With a smile like that, I'm not surprised. Add me to the list!
As a Doctor and Nurse we were delighted to receive an invitation to view the Medical Centre on Arcadia a few years ago. Both my husband and I found it fascinationg and very much appreciated the opportunity.
We were very surprised at the extent of their expertise and the rage of treatments they were able to instigate. I think one can rest easy on board knowing what they can do.
Thanks, James, that was of special interest to me.
Gill
Hi James
We really do appreciate the time you spend on the blog and the super photos. We have followed your progress every day since you left Southampton and are really looking forward to joining Arcadia in Melbourne next week for the second half of the Grand Voyage.
Our thoughts must go out to the people of Victoria after the terrible fires that are raging in the area near Melbourne.
Regarding the comment a few days ago about Arcadia berthing in the Container Port in Singapore, according to our itinerary it is because of the low hanging cable car network at the Cruise Terminal.
Look forward to meeting you onboard.
Kay and Spencer Kerley
James, it is very comforting to know that down below there are some very capable people to care for your passengers in the event of any emergency. We like the look of them but hope we never get to meet them professionally!!
Interesting to hear that a star talk was taking place. One of us (I hasten to add not me) is an astronomer and astro- photographer. While I tease him that he is a nerd, he is also very knowledgeable, particularly regarding the southern constellations. Maybe your nerds and my nerd could "gaze" together one night!!!!
P.S. He is better at stars than the dance floor!
Christine and Julian West
Breakfast time - I've missed my morning ritual for the past couple of days and two blogs to look at this morning.
It's interesting to see your medical team. They are the ones you really do hope you don't have to go and see whilst your away, but it's comforting to know they are there should you need them.
My SIL had the unfortunate privilege of meeting your medical team last September when she broke her leg. Unfortunately she had to be landed in Dubrovnik where they had to operate. Not a pleasant experience. But obviously you don't do major surgery onboard. Thankfully if we have ever needed the use of a medical centre on board it's always been for minor ailments like throat infections and chest infections!
Looking forward to your next port of call. Just watching wanted down under and they are in Perth today!
Thanks for the updates James and I look forward to the next instalment :-)
Elaine (aurorabore)
oooh Senior Nurse John - can take my pulse any time!
Thanks again for another interesting blog James, its nice to read all about the Medical Centre. Hope the Star Gazing went well, it brought back memories on Aurora's Maiden World, of my tablemate and I standing on prom deck looking for the Southern Cross, when we could find it, she shouted out are there any Australians here, and one kind person came forward and pointed it out to us ha ha.
Cheers
Mary K.
The medical centre can deal with alot more than the sore throat minor ailments. The medical centre can xray, suture, plaster and manipulation of fractures, deal with trauma, ventilate, basically everything that you can have done in the hospital except surgery. There is a better chance of survival on a ship from a cardiac arrest than shore side due to the quick response time and early treatment from the medics. There is the GP surgery type ailments but a significant amount of acutely ill people.
Anonymous
I know the medical centre can deal with many medical problems.
I said that we personally have only needed to use the medical centres onboard for minor ailments, as we've not had a major one - thankfully! Yes I know they do more than just sore throats and chest infections.
Just clarifying as I wouldn't want you to think that I was undermining the medical centre, because I wasn't!
Elaine (aurorabore)
James great to see the medical team and please say hello to Senior Doctor Rainer from us both.
We were on Oriana in October 2007 when Paul suffered three Angina attacks and it was Rainer and his team who looked after him. Paul was landed in Madeira to hospital before being well enough to fly home. He had a triple bypass in February 2008 and is now fit and well.
This is mainly due to the expert care he received on Oriana so our grateful thanks to Rainer & his team, David Shepherd, P&O Southampton office and everyone who was involved at the time.
The standard of singapore medical clinics is very good now. But of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
arcadian passenger, cabin A151 we have just come off the ARCADIA at Singapore, after 32 days of happy cruising,I look forward james to reading your blogs, you may have forgotton but I spoke to you in the theater last week,ron from scotland, telling you about me reading all your interesting reports on the arcadia,I can assure all future passengers that the new top rear end is well and truly welded on,we have arrived back in scotland to a very cold spell with snow lying on the roads,
a contrast from the 29 degrees we left in Singapore.
hope to be back with P&0 in not to distant future.
RON.
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