maternity ward

Hospital delivery section

A maternity ward is the section of a hospital where women give birth and receive care during and after delivery.

The term covers labor rooms, delivery rooms, and postpartum recovery areas: She spent three days in the maternity ward after the twins were born.

Opposites
life stage served

maternity wardhospice

Terminal illness comfort program

morgue · funeral home · geriatric ward · end-of-life care · cemetery

patient demographics

maternity wardgeriatric ward

Hospital area for seniors

nursing home · assisted living facility · elder care facility · retirement home

nature of care

maternity wardemergency room

Hospital crisis department

trauma center · intensive care unit · critical care unit · emergency department · burn unit

Family

ward, maternal, motherhood, maternity, matron, matronly, mater, maternity wards

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