Mobile InfirmaryHealth Services has offered to set up a triage unit at the port, in case any debarking passengers need medical assistance, Alabama Cruise Terminal General Manager Sheila Gurganus said Tuesday.
Last month it was announced that a national health team was due to visit the West Cumberland Hospital and Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle to investigate their "higher-than-expected death rates".
The health board also said it was having difficulty coping with capacity at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh because of rising population levels in Lothian.
The Department of Health knew there were problems in the children's heart unit at the Bristol Royal Infirmary three years before any official action was taken, according to a BBC investigation.