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Category: <span>Yacht</span>

How Telemedicine Can Proactively Identify and Address Mental Health Onboard

From captains to cooks, fishermen to oil riggers, doctors to dancers, an estimated 1.9 million people worldwide work in diverse roles at sea. Seafaring, though, presents unique health challenges – and not just physical. While the importance of mental health care has become a more open conversation globally, it is imperative now more than ever…

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…

VIKAND strengthens its clinical leadership team to support growing client base

Date: 2 March 2023 Global Healthcare specialist VIKAND, has added two additional Medical Directors to strengthen its clinical leadership team to support its growing client base. Doctor Tanya Engelbrecht has been promoted from her fleet doctor role at VIKAND to become Medical Director for Viking Ocean, one of VIKAND’s key clients. She has over 20…