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.