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 think hospital food public or private is always a bit hit and miss. On my admissions I’ve had mainly excellent meals in the private hospital but occasionally there was a fail - just didn’t order that again. My mum has been in and out of her regional country victoria hospital constantly over the last six months (more in than out!) and the food has improved considerably since they employed a chef. Most meals I’ve seen have actually looked appealing and she says most were tasty, again if there were fails she just didn’t order them again. Water jugs are still there.
When she was in a major Melbourne hospital a few years ago there was a major fail - she had ordered a poached chicken breast with gravy. Somehow quality control failed and she got a plate of gravy. Very unappetising and the nurses found her some sandwiches from the fridge instead. NUM went off his head at the kitchen, good rant about how was his patient supposed to get better if that was what they sent up. To this day if we want to stir mum up we say we will feed her a plate of gravy
agree re no hospital cafeterias so many are privatised and then $$$$$$$ and if you have long stays it gets very expensive plus of course the parking cost
When she was in a major Melbourne hospital a few years ago there was a major fail - she had ordered a poached chicken breast with gravy. Somehow quality control failed and she got a plate of gravy. Very unappetising and the nurses found her some sandwiches from the fridge instead. NUM went off his head at the kitchen, good rant about how was his patient supposed to get better if that was what they sent up. To this day if we want to stir mum up we say we will feed her a plate of gravy
agree re no hospital cafeterias so many are privatised and then $$$$$$$ and if you have long stays it gets very expensive plus of course the parking cost