Cruise passenger on stretcher rushing to ER was stopped by Royal Caribbean staff — pay up, buddy!
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A passenger on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in the Bahamas had a medical emergency that included multiple seizures, breathing difficulties, and broken blood vessels that looked like stripes across his chest. But while on a stretcher, about to be rushed to a rescue boat, cruise staff said he could not leave the ship — not until he paid his bill. — Read the rest

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