Disease Clinic

Disease Clinic is a powered medical building that treats illnesses more severe than those handled by a Sick Bay. Unlike basic isolation rooms or medical cots, Disease Clinics require electrical power to operate and are intended to cure conditions that cannot be resolved by a Sick Bay alone.

Disease Clinics occupy the mid-to-high tier of medical infrastructure: they expand the range of treatable ailments beyond what unpowered medical furniture or simple infirmaries can address. Because they must be supplied with electricity, they are best placed within reach of the base’s power grid or connected to a reliable local power source. When active, they enable diagnosis and treatment options for infections and serious diseases that would otherwise persist if only a Sick Bay were available.

Design and placement considerations include proximity to patient transport routes and to sanitation resources. Placing a Disease Clinic near a cluster of living quarters or near a hospital wing reduces travel time for sick Duplicants and makes triage more efficient. Because the building requires power, plan wiring and power backups so that the clinic remains functional during outages; an unpowered Disease Clinic cannot provide its higher-tier treatments.

• Ensure a stable electrical connection before assigning critical patients to the Disease Clinic; intermittent power will prevent treatment of severe illnesses.
• Use Disease Clinics to centralize treatment of conditions that Sick Bays cannot cure; reserve Sick Bays for minor injuries and basic isolation.
• Situate the clinic where it can be reached quickly from both high-traffic areas and source points of contamination to reduce cross-contamination risk and shorten patient transit time.
• Integrate Disease Clinics with other medical infrastructure (beds, decontamination areas, and sanitation systems) to create an effective medical workflow for outbreaks and persistent infections.

Disease Clinic is the escalation path for medical care: when a Sick Bay is insufficient, a powered Disease Clinic provides the capability required to return seriously ill Duplicants to health.