You would think that Durham Hospital (bearing in mind it is a medical establishment and all the yucky stuff that entails) could come up with less ambiguous name for it's waiting to go home room than "The Discharge Lounge."
Saint Laika's
It is what it is. We are who we are.
What one must ask is this: Is the discharge clear or cloudy?
We here in the good ol’ US of A don’t have “Discharge Lounges.” Our wonderful market based, profit driven health care system has Cashiers Windows where one pays your ransom, ur, bill before you can leave the hospital.