Oasis Of The Seas Diverts For Sick Passenger
The Royal Caribbean cruise ship, Oasis Of The Seas — the second largest cruise ship in the world — diverted to the island tonight [Sept 3] after a passenger on board took ill.
A Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre spokesperson confirmed that cruise ship personnel made contact at approximately 4.30pm while 68 miles south west of Bermuda and advised they had an 80 year old male passenger that was seriously ill and required hospitalization.
Pilot boat St David met the arriving cruise ship off St David’s at approximately 8.30pm when the passenger and a relative were transferred off the ship.
An attending ambulance met the pilot boat at Ordnance Island and transported the ill passenger to King Edward Memorial Hospital for further treatment.
The world’s second largest cruise ship, able to carry over 6000 passengers, continued on its journey to Málaga, Spain at approximately 10.15pm.
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I hope the passenger is OK; not the way you want to end your cruise vacation…
That’s a really big boat.
Its a ship.
It’s a ship! Not a boat.
It’s a vessel.
Yeah, really big boat. Wonder how big they will get by the time they hit a size wall like aircraft where nothing significantly bigger has not entered service in the past 5 years.
Hope the passenger is ok. On a lighter note, this should help our tourism figures.
We saw it as we were driving past John Smith’s bay – amazingly large!!
I hope the passenger is OK
On a side note. Does our new hospital have an infectious disease quarantine area with staff to handle as such?? Wouldn’t want plane/ship diversions to think they could just drop “seriously ill” passengers off here and then not be able to handle a clear and present danger. Just being real people
Nice pic.
I have sailed on it with my family and it is an amazing ship. I must do.
I hope the passenger is resting well.
Bernews you are awesome!! When I saw the ship on the way home, I noticed how beautiful it was. Was curious which ship it was.
Praying for healing for the ill passenger!