Ship’s doctors were traditionally men and ship’s nurses were women. Although that is no longer the case, doctors are for practical reasons in this text referred to as ‘he’ and nurses and secretaries as ‘she’. However, any reference to one gender implies either gender.
12.3.2 The Ship’s Medical Center (MC)
MC was in the old days called the ‘Ship’s Hospital’. Now it is referred to as the ship’s MC, Medical Facility or Infirmary, both for legal reasons and to avoid unreasonable expectations, since even on large ships the MCs are not like hospitals ashore.
12.3.3 The Medical Center Administrator (MCA)
The MCA is usually the ship’s staff captain or hotel director, depending on whether the MC has been administratively assigned to the ship’s Deck or Hotel Department (company decision).
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