This is fiction but it makes you wonder where’s the next plateau on healthcare to cut costs? Actually you can read below about a novel written that 
explores this. You may have read about ships though that are portable hospitals and they do exist, as used in New Orleans for temporary relief a few years ago. The novel as I understand takes this idea to the next platform with parking cruise ships to provide surgical services at a discount with being parked in international waters.
Could you imagine taking a helicopter to a cruise line luxury ship and get your hip or knee done, or take your chemotherapy treatments or imagine being a clinical working on a ship? The novel talks about this being a solution to dealing with all the greed, long waits, law suits, etc. that are experienced in healthcare today. BD
Later this month, you could be misled into thinking that the Salvare is a real cruise ship offering medical tourism. The advertising with images and even a video looks authentic, but it is only fiction.
“Universal Coverage”, a novel by Daniel Putowski, comes out on December 15th and is based on the premise that the US healthcare system has succumbed to fraud, greed, long waits, and uncertain outcomes. In the book, Bob Smith believes that the only affordable solution to save his dying son is a medical tourism cruise on the Salvare. As it is in international waters, the Salvare falls outside any national or international regulation or licensing of health care providers. It is an unlicensed hospital ship providing treatment to anyone with money. The Salvare cruises off New Jersey. It is a 120,000-ton ocean liner with private staterooms for every patient, chef prepared meals and nightly entertainment. Fully staffed by doctors and nurses, although with dubious medical credentials, it is a fully functioning hospital and recovery centre, even offering open-heart surgery and chemotherapy
Cruise ship medical tourism – fact or fiction?
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