Discharge is a verb and a noun.
Discharge (verb) to allow somebody to leave hospital. Once somebody has recovered from and illness, they are discharged home.
- Mr X will be discharged home tomorrow.
- We will discharge Ms J back into the care of her nursing home in two days.
- He was discharged from hospital two days ago.
Discharge (noun) is the process of allowing somebody to leave hospital because they have recovered from their illness/injury.
- I will write up Mr P’s discharge notes tomorrow.
- Mr M needs his discharge medication.
- We will discuss Mrs L’s discharge plan on Monday.
