Article 6Medical consultations by radio
1
To ensure better emergency treatment for workers, each Member State shall take the measures necessary to ensure that:
a
one or more centres are designated to provide workers with free medical advice by radio;
b
some of the doctors providing their services for the radio consultation centres have been trained in the special conditions prevailing on board ship.
2
In order to optimize the advice given, the radio consultation centres may keep personal medical records, with the agreement of the workers concerned.
Such records shall remain confidential.