Posted to Adelaide Now (27/4/2011) on 27/4/2011 at 12:02 PM
Commenting on “Hospital food review called for amid claims of malnutrition”
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/hospital-food-review-called-for-amid-claims-of-malnutrition/comments-fn6bqphm-1226045254127
If people are well enough to complain about the meals, they should be discharged from the hospital and not occupying the valuable beds. Not all hospitals serve foods as bad as described; furthermore, hospitals are not restaurants, and most people don't dine like the upper-crust with the luxury of ordering from a-la carte menu at exorbitant prices.
There are so many constraints regarding allergy, variation of texture, availability of seasonal foods at reasonable cost, staff absenteeism resulting in meals staying in equipment longer which can change the appearance of the food.
Most foods in hospitals are more nutritious than the unhealthy foods consumed by discharged patients. The fact that these people appear to be malnourish is that they lost all the kilos of the yucky fat they had been carrying while they were staying in the hospitals.
Commenting on “Hospital food review called for amid claims of malnutrition”
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/hospital-food-review-called-for-amid-claims-of-malnutrition/comments-fn6bqphm-1226045254127
If people are well enough to complain about the meals, they should be discharged from the hospital and not occupying the valuable beds. Not all hospitals serve foods as bad as described; furthermore, hospitals are not restaurants, and most people don't dine like the upper-crust with the luxury of ordering from a-la carte menu at exorbitant prices.
There are so many constraints regarding allergy, variation of texture, availability of seasonal foods at reasonable cost, staff absenteeism resulting in meals staying in equipment longer which can change the appearance of the food.
Most foods in hospitals are more nutritious than the unhealthy foods consumed by discharged patients. The fact that these people appear to be malnourish is that they lost all the kilos of the yucky fat they had been carrying while they were staying in the hospitals.