Emergency Contact Introducing Medical Enhancement Scheme for Seafarers (MEDISEA) Home Latest updates News Introducing Medical Enhancement Scheme for Seafarers (MEDISEA) 23 Jun 2022 Download Sign up for alerts “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”- World Health Organization TO ALL MEMBERS EMPLOYING INDONESIAN, FILIPINO, Indian and Malaysian SEAFARERS. Good physical health is one of the first steps towards a healthy mind and goes hand in hand with good mental health . The Club recently undertook a review of its seafarer illness claims. The associated statistics raised concerns regarding the overall standard of seafarers’ physical and mental wellbeing, as the Club believes that this is vital to having a safe and happy environment on board. When analysing the data, it became apparent that many of the illnesses recorded were of a type that could have been detected and investigated had an enhanced pre-employment medical examination (ePEME) been carried out. Whilst an ePEME would not prevent all illness claims, there would have been a very good possibility that the frequency of such occurrences on board could have been significantly reduced. Commencing positive and committed steps towards improving seafarer wellbeing on board, the Club has created its own bespoke “Medical Enhancement Scheme for Seafarers” ( Medisea ). Since its inception in Feb 2019, the Medisea programme is currently available for Filipino and Indonesian seafarers employed by Members and will soon be expanded further to include Indian and Malaysian seafarers. The long-term plan is to gradually extend this scheme to seafarers of all nationalities serving on board entered vessels. The scheme begins with an enhanced pre-employment medical examination followed by provision of seafarer health and wellbeing benefits delivered by the Club and its strategic partners. To ensure Members are not exposed to higher operating and insuran