noun
or sick berth
1. : a compartment in a ship (as a warship or transport) used as a dispensary and hospital
2. : a place (as a ward in a hospital or the infirmary of a school) restricted to the care of the sick or injured
opened sick bays and dispensaries in the refugee camps — Picture Post
got him back to the palm shack we used as sick bay — J.F.Regan