This article contains information on the Medical Lab. For information on the 'Lab,' the name of a different spacecraft section, see: Science Lab.
Sick Bay was an area of a Planetary Union vessel dedicated to medical sciences. The space typically consisted of medical examination and treatment rooms, an operating area, a recovery area, and the Chief Medical Officer's Office.
Sick Bay was probably located on Deck C, although this is not certain.[n 1] The Sick Bay of the USS Orville consisted of multiple rooms. The head of the Sick Bay was the Chief Medical Officer, assisted by two physicians of "complementary specialties," six nurses, and multiple medical technicians and orderlies.[1]
The largest room of Sick Bay was the main examination room. This area came equipped with bio-sensors to scan bodies of patients. Surgical procedures were also performed in this area. The room had three beds[1] placed adjacent to one another and divided by retractable drapes. The beds were equipped with metal restraints with that held down patients with increasing levels of intensity.
The crew discusses Isaac's treatment in Sick Bay. Note that behind Ed Mercer's shoulder is a molecular-resolution scanner display.
Genomic sequencing and molecular analysis of pathogens were performed in the medical laboratory.[1] Two surgical suites were reserved for more serious surgical procedures. Patients were kept in medical stasis in a trauma bay prior to surgery. And intensive care unit was available for monitoring during recovery, which could hold up to eight patients at a time.[2]
Sick Bay held all of the Medical equipment available on the ship. There is a panel on the left side of the room upon entering called a molecular-resolution scanner display, which shows the medical information of a patient's body.[2]
The diagnostic and treatment areas of Sick Bay.
In the event of a large medical emergency, the Environmental Simulators could be programmed to become secondary sick bays, each holding up to 100 beds and including "isolation fields, surgical suites, and other needed medical accommodations."[2]
The location is also called "medical bay" in The Guide to The Orville.
The Guide to The Orville lists a number of locations within Sick Bay which have never been seen on the show - two surgical suites, a trauma bay, and an intensive care unit - yet the book does not mention Doctor Claire Finn's office, even though it is clearly within Sick Bay.[2]
↑According to page 24 of The Guide to The Orville, Sick Bay was "above" the Shuttle Bay. Shuttle Bay starts on Deck E, but it appears to be so tall that it stretches into Deck D as well - implying that Sick Bay is on Deck C. Of course, the book might be mistaken or the word "above" may be more loosely used to mean any deck above Shuttle Bay, such as Deck B.
