The parts of hospitals dealing with less urgent cases than A&Es (aka, ERs in the US, or EDs here).
Why is English such an inconsistent language?
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It is easy to go down into Hell;
Night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide;
But to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air –
There's the rub, the task.
– Virgil, The Aeneid (Book VI)