• hospital ward – больничная палата
• general ward – общая палата
• maternity ward – родильное отделение
• psychiatric ward – психиатрическое отделение
• mental ward – психиатрическое отделение
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An electoral district (also known as a constituency, riding, ward, division, electoral area or electorate) is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body. Generally, only voters who reside within the geographical bounds of an electoral district (constituents) are permitted to vote in an election held there. (Wikipedia)
I discovered then that all the London teaching hospitals set a few wards aside each Friday for women who were septic, bleeding or dying from having backstreet abortions. (BBC News)
In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, wards are an electoral district, within a district or municipality, used in local government elections. (Wikipedia)
‘for the last three years, the boy has been my ward (Oxford English Dictionary)
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