tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32646270.post8562074802351031476..comments2024-01-28T19:45:49.757+13:00Comments on <img src="https://i.imgur.com/96UqJAN.jpg"> Australian Politics: jonjayrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13363092874281160320noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32646270.post-58916600208813277542011-04-28T16:00:59.587+12:002011-04-28T16:00:59.587+12:00Yes, hospital food. So many issues behind what se...Yes, hospital food. So many issues behind what seems superficially to be simple enough. Firstly, sheer numbers, including the number of people (homeless, drug addicts etc)who use the hospital as a dining room, then there's all the different cultural demands, you know like I'm a vegan, I'm Kosher, I'm Halal, I'm lactose intolerant etc etc., Then there's all the already malnourished people who have survived critical illnesses that would have killed them just ten years ago and have very specific needs but won't eat, then there's the lack of available nurses to feed them at mealtimes if they do, then there's the families who sit by the bed without lifting a finger while the nurse struggles to try and feed four people at once, (that's because, you know, we're like PAYING you?), then there's the pre-packaging that makes the more infirm not bother because opening tiny, fiddly packets is just too hard, and no-one is there to help (see numbers, nursing home lack-of placement issues, cost cutting), then there is the dumping of meal trays next to beds while the patient is down at x-ray, which is then re-collected before the patient gets back, because eating times are inflexible and the domestic fears getting in trouble, then there is no food left on wards because the nurses are all such thieves and just want to gobble it all up (sadly sometimes true, many of our recently arrived ex 2nd and 3rd world colleagues furnish their homes and lives through what they lift from the hospitals to save money and buy property..really., shits us right off).......and so on.....<br />There is more but I'm hungry nowPaulnoreply@blogger.com