Hospital Wing

• Type: School Infirmary / Medical Ward
• Location: First floor, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Scotland
• Owner/Residents: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is run by the resident Matron, Madam Poppy Pomfrey.
• Key Features: A bright, airy, and exceptionally clean long room with a row of beds, each with crisp white sheets. Privacy screens are used to partition off beds when needed. The wing has several large windows that look out over the Hogwarts grounds.

The Hospital Wing serves as the primary medical facility for the students and staff of Hogwarts. It is a place of quiet and order, meticulously maintained by its long-serving Healer, Madam Pomfrey. She is known for her strictness regarding visitors and her fierce dedication to her patients' recovery. The wing is equipped to handle a vast range of magical injuries and ailments, from mending broken bones in an instant to regrowing an entire arm's worth of bones over a painful night with a potion like Skele-Gro. Madam Pomfrey's expertise is formidable; however, she acknowledges her limitations. She cannot mend certain psychological wounds or reverse damage caused by very powerful Dark Magic. For example, she could not cure the petrified victims of the Basilisk without the Mandrake Restorative Draught, nor could she heal the cursed wounds inflicted upon Katie Bell by a dark artifact or Albus Dumbledore's withered hand. The wing is a sanctuary for recovery and has been the site of many crucial conversations and events throughout Harry Potter's time at school.

The Hospital Wing is a frequently used location that serves as a backdrop for healing, reflection, and significant plot exposition.

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Harry Potter wakes up here after his confrontation with Professor Quirrell and Lord Voldemort. Albus Dumbledore visits him and explains the nature of his mother's magical protection, the purpose of the Philosopher's Stone, and why Professor Snape seemed to despise him.
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Harry spends a night here regrowing the bones in his arm after a misguided spell from Gilderoy Lockhart. During his stay, he is visited by Dobby the house-elf, who confesses to sealing the barrier to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. Later in the year, the wing houses the petrified victims of the Basilisk: Colin Creevey, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Nearly Headless Nick, Penelope Clearwater, and Hermione Granger.
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Following the events at the Shrieking Shack, Harry, Ron, and Hermione all find themselves in the Hospital Wing. It is from a bed in the wing that Harry and Hermione use the Time-Turner to travel back in time, rescue Buckbeak the Hippogriff, and save Sirius Black from receiving the Dementor's Kiss.
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Harry is briefly treated here by Madam Pomfrey for the cut on his leg after his duel with Voldemort in the Little Hangleton graveyard.
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Professor McGonagall is taken to the Hospital Wing to recover after being hit with four simultaneous Stunning Spells while defending Hagrid from Dolores Umbridge and a group of Aurors.
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: The wing sees several major incidents. Ron Weasley is treated here after being accidentally poisoned. Katie Bell is brought here after being cursed by a necklace intended for Dumbledore. Harry spends time recovering from a cracked skull after a Quidditch match, and Draco Malfoy is healed by Snape here after being hit with Harry's Sectumsempra curse.
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: During the Battle of Hogwarts, the Great Hall is used as a primary triage center, while the Hospital Wing is implied to be overwhelmed. After the fighting pauses, the casualties are laid out in the Great Hall, where Harry sees the bodies of Fred Weasley, Remus Lupin, and Nymphadora Tonks.

• The Main Ward: The primary space of the Hospital Wing, this long room contains a neat row of beds for patients. The room is well-lit by large windows and kept immaculately clean.
• Matron's Office: A small office adjoining the main ward, belonging to Madam Pomfrey. She is seen emerging from it to tend to patients.

• In the film adaptations, the Hospital Wing set is famously located within a large clock tower structure. The intricate moving gears of the clock are visible through the large arched window behind the beds, becoming an iconic visual element of the cinematic Hogwarts. (film)