<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 15:09, Joseph Eisenberg <<a href="mailto:joseph.eisenberg@gmail.com">joseph.eisenberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">> I suspect carto people are going to say "no synonyms."<br>
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While synonyms are a bad idea, we are talking about something that is<br>
NOT a synonym: an inpatient department of a hospital, rather than a<br>
clinic or doctor's office.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Since you're double-hatted, I'm happy to go along with you there. Umm,</div><div>triple-hatted - tagging, carto and medical. Come up with a new</div><div>healthcare=* and I'll replace the healthcare=clinic I was using for</div><div>lack of anything better. Doesn't matter if it doesn't render yet</div><div>because everything has been re-arranged in hospitals and won't</div><div>return to normal for many months (if ever).<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
> What is needed, though, is a tag for hospital wards.<br>
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That might also be useful. Could you explain the difference between<br>
"department" and "ward" in British English usage?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In BE usage, wards are where inpatients sleep. Departments are things</div><div>like the X-ray unit, diabetes centre, renal dialysis unit, endoscopy, outpatient</div><div>department, chemotherapy day unit and outpatients department (all actual</div><div> names of departments at my nearest general hospital). Going by wikipedia,</div><div>it seems likely that BE wards may be known as inpatient wards elsewhere.<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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I found a page with a list of departments at NHS hospitals, so<br>
apparently both words are used to mean something different:<br>
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<a href="https://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health-services/nhs/a4502/a-to-z-of-hospital-departments/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health-services/nhs/a4502/a-to-z-of-hospital-departments/</a></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That page doesn't explicitly define what a ward is in BE, but if you search for</div><div> the word "ward" on the page it is clear from context that a ward is where inpatients</div><div> sleep.</div><div><br></div><div>Another thing that page mentions is a discharge lounge. It's not where you</div><div> get some sort of medical treatment, like endoscopy or X-ray or renal dialysis,</div><div>nor is it a place to sleep. It's where they put you after they've decided</div><div>you're no longer ill enough to occupy a bed on a ward and you're awaiting</div><div>collection by somebody (possibly hospital transport if your circumstances</div><div>warrant it). The one at my nearest general hospital had 12 chairs (each</div><div>with accompanying adjustable table of the type that accompanies ward</div><div>beds) and a couple of hospital beds. It had a nurse or nursing assistant</div><div>in charge, in case somebody had a relapse. Somebody from the pharmacy</div><div> would hand patients take-home medications as required. Worth mapping (so</div><div> whoever is picking you up can figure out where to go and park), but probably</div><div> requires a different healthcare=* value and a different carto icon. See <br></div><div><a href="https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/discharge-lounge.htm">https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/discharge-lounge.htm</a> for details of a</div><div>discharge lounge in the UK (fancier than the one at my nearest general</div><div>hospital).<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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BTW, what is the most common term for an "emergency department" in the UK?<br>
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Is it still "Emergency Ward" or "Accident and Emergency Ward" or<br>
something different<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The terms "casualty" and "emergency ward" are still in use by the public but</div><div> hospitals themselves call them A&E.</div><div><br></div><div>Which reminds me, cottage hospitals (small, minor hospitals) don't have an</div><div>A&E but may have a minor injuries unit. If you lopped your hand off with a</div><div>chainsaw you need an A&E but if you put a big gash in your hand that</div><div>won't stop bleeding a minor injuries unit can handle it.</div><div><a href="https://www.myhealth.london.nhs.uk/faq/minor-injury-units-mius">https://www.myhealth.london.nhs.uk/faq/minor-injury-units-mius</a></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div></div></div>