On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 12:30, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, I do agree that "healthcare=department" or perhaps > "healthcare=hospital_department" would make sense for an inpatient > department within a larger hospital, since that is certainly not an > amenity=clinic (which are outpatient facilities). > Some may be both for inpatients and outpatients. Like X-ray. If you insist on a separate value for use when the facility is within a hospital and may be used by inpatients, then I suspect carto people are going to say "no synonyms." What is needed, though, is a tag for hospital wards. By "wards" I mean how the term is used in British English and not as stated by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital#Departments_or_wards In British English a ward is a collection of beds for inpatients. Some specialized wards may be clinics/departments as well as collections of beds, but most are effectively dormitories. My nearest general hospital has 20 wards scattered around a large complex and it would be nice for people visiting patients to be able to see where they are on a map. -- Paul
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