as in hospitals
a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured
The new naval vessel includes a state-of-the-art sick bay.
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Cortiz said eight hospitals in Caracas have been forced to close, and the remaining hospitals are overwhelmed with patients and lack basic cleaning supplies such as bleach and disinfectant.
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From Chile, a cousin of Daniel Alejandro Núñez Ramírez, 28, who’s also missing, said that his mother was told he had been found alive in the rubble and had been taken out but that so far the family hasn’t found him in any of the hospitals.
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What's more, some travel insurance companies don’t cover visits to ship infirmaries.
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Nor are they provided with their own sets of keys to access infirmaries, clinics, housing units and psych wards.
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“Sick bays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick%20bays. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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