Section 80: Medical and other treatment during voyage
consolidated text (as at 2011, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
80. Medical and other treatment during voyage
(1) Where a seafarer, while employed in a Mauritius ship, receives outside Mauritius any surgical, medical, dental or optical treatment, including
the repair or replacement of any appliance, which cannot be postponed
without impairing efficiency, the reasonable expenses of the treatment shall
be borne by the person employing him.
(2) Where a seafarer dies while employed in a Mauritius ship and is buried or cremated outside Mauritius, the expenses of his burial or cremation
shall be borne by the person employing him.
(3) Where a Mauritius ship does not carry a doctor among the seamen
employed in it, the master shall make arrangements for ensuring that any
medical attention on board the ship is given either by him or under his supervision by a person appointed by him for the purpose.