Asick bay is acompartment in aship, or a section of another organisation, such as a school or college, used for medical purposes.

The sick bay contains the ship'smedicine chest, which may be divided into separate cabinets, such as arefrigerator for medicines requiring cold storage and a locked cabinet forcontrolled substances such asmorphine. The sick bay and the medicine chest should be kept locked, with the keys only being available to themedical officer and theship's master.^[1]

The term is also applied ashore by theUnited States Navy andMarine Corps totreatment clinics onnaval stations andMarine bases.

Sick bays (sometimes referred to asmed bays) appear in popular science fiction franchises, such asBattlestar Galactica andStar Trek, as the medical facility on board astarship.^[2]

• First aid room

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