Cruise Ship SOS by Ben MacFarlane (Hodder and Stoughton, £12.99) (From The Northern Echo)

Cruise Ship SOS by Ben MacFarlane (Hodder and Stoughton, £12.99)

11:52am Saturday 10th July 2010 in

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GOING on a cruise is supposed to be good for your health and 1.5 million Britons try it every year, but it’s not all sun, sea and plain sailing, as ship’s doctor MacFarlane relates.

His year on board a cruise ship was anything but as he had to deal with heart attacks, extreme allergic reactions, drug overdoses while warding off the threat of the highly contagious norovirus.

But the biggest headache of all was the bolshy bar stool which just refused to play ball with boozed-up passengers.

And midnight buffets can also carry a lethal punch. A ship’s doctor sees it all.