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Category: <span>Cruise</span>

VIKAND Partners with Cruise Operator Compagnie Française de Croisières (CFC)

Date: 12 April 2023 Global healthcare specialist VIKAND is partnering with Compagnie Française de Croisières (CFC) to provide its full medical service to ensure the highest level of care for both passengers and crew on CFC’s cruise vessel M/V Renaissance. Under the partnership agreement VIKAND will provide a team of experienced French speaking medical professionals…

VIKANDER Profile: Russ Holmes

Russ Holmes is dedicated to ensuring that VIKAND services and maritime healthcare solutions anticipate cruise industry needs. He joined VIKAND in 2021 during the height of the pandemic, an exceptionally challenging time. Russ actively identified impediments to safe cruising which helped broaden VIKAND’s response, resulting in expanded maritime healthcare solutions as well as meeting biomedical…

Cruise ships must be able to generate their oxygen supply

Cruise ships enjoy fresh ocean breezes from all sides, but medical-grade oxygen is harder to come by on the open seas. As maritime medical professionals, we know oxygen is essential to all levels of patient care, from illness to trauma to surgery, and how critical it is to have an ample supply of this basic…