go on the sick

One man fell overboard, and went on the sick list.

"Rog, I really am going on the sick list.

For a similar offence another seaman was beaten and kicked so severely that he was advised to go on the sick list.

Despite suffering a fractured vertebra, McCormick never went on the sick list, choosing to continue on active duty while wearing a plaster cast for three months.

"We know that if we give a micro loan to a mother with seven children, whose youngest is sick, that money will all go on the sick child.