Hospital food
Last week I was an inpatient in a public hospital. The food was very poor. One of the doctors looking after me, told me that the local health service attempts to feed patients for $2 per day. I wa...
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I don’t think it’s going to change anytime soon unfortunately, but completely agree with what your saying. When I was a first year nurse I remember family members yelling at nursing staff for the lack of nutrition in their loved ones food. It’s a vicious cycle - long stay in hospital, lack of muscle use = muscle wastage, worsened by poor nutrition.
I put a complaint in about my food during my mastectomy; I’m a vegetarian and one day I was given a scoop of lentil pasta so small it was less than my palm of my hand. No side dish to accompany, no fruit, just that for lunch. I told them I’m lucky I had a loved one who could supply food for me, others don’t.
I remember when my mum had chemo and during her inpatient stays in a private hospital the food was always fantastic and plentiful. Unfortunately that’s where the difference lies, private hospital stays are more focused on service and experience as opposed to overall care.
Regarding the nutrition subject, it’s appalling they don’t learn more.. I suppose there’s only so much time in one degree. There’s a big movement for “lifestyle medicine” which is up and coming, looks at preventative health etc from lifestyle point of view. I’m sure in 20 years time there will be alot more involvement with these practitioners in the community etc. and we will see a big movement in nutrition as disease prevention.
Wishing you riddance of flu A!
I put a complaint in about my food during my mastectomy; I’m a vegetarian and one day I was given a scoop of lentil pasta so small it was less than my palm of my hand. No side dish to accompany, no fruit, just that for lunch. I told them I’m lucky I had a loved one who could supply food for me, others don’t.
I remember when my mum had chemo and during her inpatient stays in a private hospital the food was always fantastic and plentiful. Unfortunately that’s where the difference lies, private hospital stays are more focused on service and experience as opposed to overall care.
Regarding the nutrition subject, it’s appalling they don’t learn more.. I suppose there’s only so much time in one degree. There’s a big movement for “lifestyle medicine” which is up and coming, looks at preventative health etc from lifestyle point of view. I’m sure in 20 years time there will be alot more involvement with these practitioners in the community etc. and we will see a big movement in nutrition as disease prevention.
Wishing you riddance of flu A!