My husband has been going backwards and forwards to hospital for tests, consultant appointments and medical procedures, as he has become disabled with with several problems over the last two years, and he had a couple of TIA's over Christmas and New Year.
Over the past three months we have had several appointments with different departments on the same day, which means we spend a lot of hours at the hospital on those days. Because of this we have been eating at the hospital cafes (they have more than 1) on those days.
The problem is they only seem to offer high starchy carb foods, even in the vending machines.
I decided to take my own food, and was told I could not eat any food not bought in the cafes, and yet those are the only places that eating inside the hospital is allowed for visitors.
I explained that I was a diabetic type 2 and needed to eat to keep my bg 's level, and the choice of food on offer was not suitable for the type of diet that I follow.
This fell on deaf (or dumb) ears, again I was asked not to eat my own food in their cafe's.
I ended up going out of the building across the road to sit in the car to eat my food, where I had other drivers who were looking for a car space to park, harassing me and getting angry when I told them I was not going anywhere, I was trying to eat my dinner. This was very stressful.
I complained to the staff at a later clinic my husband attended, and the staff told me they never use these cafe's as they know the choice of food on offer is very poor and not conductive to a healthy lifestyle, they have their own staff rooms where they can heat and eat their own meals. They have complained to management, but nothing has changed.
We have a couple of more days this week of taking my husband for pre op tests, investigations and follow up appointments, where we will be spending at least 5 hours per day at the hospital, in different departments.
I have written out my complaint to hand in to the Hospital for my husband's next visit. I do hope they change either their attitude or menu.
Sorry for the gripe I just needed to let off steam.
Over the past three months we have had several appointments with different departments on the same day, which means we spend a lot of hours at the hospital on those days. Because of this we have been eating at the hospital cafes (they have more than 1) on those days.
The problem is they only seem to offer high starchy carb foods, even in the vending machines.
I decided to take my own food, and was told I could not eat any food not bought in the cafes, and yet those are the only places that eating inside the hospital is allowed for visitors.
I explained that I was a diabetic type 2 and needed to eat to keep my bg 's level, and the choice of food on offer was not suitable for the type of diet that I follow.
This fell on deaf (or dumb) ears, again I was asked not to eat my own food in their cafe's.
I ended up going out of the building across the road to sit in the car to eat my food, where I had other drivers who were looking for a car space to park, harassing me and getting angry when I told them I was not going anywhere, I was trying to eat my dinner. This was very stressful.
I complained to the staff at a later clinic my husband attended, and the staff told me they never use these cafe's as they know the choice of food on offer is very poor and not conductive to a healthy lifestyle, they have their own staff rooms where they can heat and eat their own meals. They have complained to management, but nothing has changed.
We have a couple of more days this week of taking my husband for pre op tests, investigations and follow up appointments, where we will be spending at least 5 hours per day at the hospital, in different departments.
I have written out my complaint to hand in to the Hospital for my husband's next visit. I do hope they change either their attitude or menu.
Sorry for the gripe I just needed to let off steam.