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If hospitals are supposed to help you get well, then they ought to be doing this in every single way possible. From making the surroundings warm and welcoming to providing you nutritious, wholesome, and homely meals so you can get your strength back as fast as possible. Unfortunately, you Pandas and I all know that this isn't the case. Hospital food is absolutely horrid in a huge number of hospitals. And, frankly, we deserve better.
We wanted to show you just how bad hospital food can get all over the world, so our hard-working team at Bored Panda compiled this list that's bound to make you angry like professional chef Gordon Ramsay. Remember to upvote the best of the worst photos and let us know what the food was like during your most recent stay at the hospital.
The reason why hospital food is so bad and so banal it hurts is because of money. Or rather, the lack of it. And let's not forget the fact that often hospitals don't even make the food that they serve to patients and the staff members themselves; they outsource it. As you're about to find out, there are quite a few things that look as lonely on a plate as two tiny sausages with some parsley.
I wanted an insider's perspective, so I reached out to Holly D., a labor and delivery nurse. She told Bored Panda that she's experienced hospital as a patient as well and was very let down by it. "I have been in a patient role in the not-so-distant past and have experienced the dreaded hospital food tray. This often leads the patient to request family members to drop off alternate food to them at the hospital. For me, it was disappointing, to say the least, after laboring and finally delivering my first child," she said. Have a read through her in-depth insights on how to fix hospital food below, dear Pandas.
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#1
This Is The Meal My Wife’s Hospital Had The Audacity To Serve For Nurses Appreciation Week. I Live In Phoenix
After a year nurse shortages, running out of PPE, working employees to the bone without hazard pay.
Mazer 4 years ago
Meanwhile the CEO is cutting into a big ass steak….Nothing irked me more than big businesses taking advantage of their staff who are hard-working people busting their asses for others every single day. A special pox in place in hell for those guys
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
Maybe they took the leftovers? I bet there were a lot of them
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Mavis Garland 4 years ago
Such a POOR substitution for a THANK YOU FOR RISKING YOUR LIVES FOR US
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What You Get For Breakfast In A Hungarian Hospital
Vic 4 years ago
Maybe include some garlic to keep vampires away, for good measure..
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cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
i don't know why you were downvoted. A lot of cultures eat raw onions, even for breakfast, it is very good for health. And this one is really sweet and comes with some sweet cheese. I would rather have this for breakfast than highly processed human kibbles made with the food industry wastes, especially if i was fighting a disease.
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Lindsay Ameye 4 years ago
I'm sorry but bread with cream cheese and chopped spring onion is delicious! I would eat this any time!
Board Pan, duh. 4 years ago
Simple is fine but could at least have the onion chopped or?? Sometimes being in the hospital you need that extra help...?
Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
Did you go for the veggie option? I was once given a piece of asparagus on bread.
Viktor Feurer 4 years ago
This is the best hungarian hospital food I have ever seen. So imagine the worst...
Máté Jancsek 4 years ago (edited)
I am a Hungarian, so trust me when I say this: this is actually a fine and generous portion meal...
#3
Hospital Administration Told Us They'd Be Treating Us To Dinner During Our Shift. "Dinner" Is One Individual, Frozen, Uncooked Meatloaf Per Person. This Is Georgia
Happy nurse's week, y'all.
Dagnirath 4 years ago
Agreed! It reminds me of the skit a friend of mine wrote in high school. He played an incompetent surgeon who implanted his dinner (pork chop) in a patient instead of the donor kidney.
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Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
This is an insult to nurses and possibly a crime against humanity. Why didn’t they give you a cake ffs?
Zaza 4 years ago (edited)
I never understood the whole meatloaf (and several other things). Here we eat potatoes and veggies, rice and veggies, pasta and veggies etc as the bigger part of dinner. Meat or fish is just a little extra and normally (in homes at the dinner table) served in small portions, 1 each. Not saying that we are all perfect, but holy s**t, no wonder americans are sickly and obese. Meatloaf, steak, nuggets for dinner. A load of sauce I bet and gallons of soda. I hardly ever see americans eat vegetables, let alone as the main part of the meal
Chancey 4 years ago
I eat loads of veggies and I'm an American. My meals are as you describe with meat or fish as smaller portion. I also do not drink soda except on a rare occasion.
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Heather Wu 4 years ago (edited)
Georgia the US state is known for "Southern meatloaf." Georgia the country is known for lamb stew, cornbread, walnuts, and goat cheese.
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"At a prior hospital that I worked for, a newly appointed director questioned every patient during their stay to hear our patients' biggest complaints and/or concerns. The recurring theme was 'bad food.' Once we received this feedback, the idea for an alternate menu for laboring/postpartum women was introduced. I couldn’t help but support this brilliant idea, and helped implement the importance of this change in menu with our mothers," nurse Holly explained that even though the food is bad, some staff members are willing to implement changes after hearing out the complaints.
I was interested to get Holly's take on why some hospitals cut corners with their food when instead it should be something filling and nutritious to help them recover quicker. According to Holly, the importance of meals while at the hospital cannot be understated.
"Food is a large part of people’s lives in every culture. It brings people together and in most instances, it is associated with happiness. For the patient, meals become the highlight of their day, especially if their time with us is extensive. In my experience, diet is one of the areas where the budget is kept to a minimum. Nutrition seems to always be met, but not always in a very creative or appetizing way," she said.
#4
Hospital Food Yummy
It's mashed potatoes, something you'd feed to your bunny (or is it some kind of chicken pellets?), and water I guess?
cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
It looks more like my rabbit litter pellets (used). It just need some tiny black olives to be perfect.
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the redqueen 4 years ago
That Apple has been pre-chewed, and lovingly molded back together in the shape of an apple. What a great "no-solids" food menu.
WildBerry 4 years ago
Except it has solids on it. No solids would be everything the consistency of the mashed potatoes.
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I want cake 4 years ago
That's exactly the problem. Food is seen by governments and shareholders as a luxury and so it is massively underbudgeted and it's one of the first budgets to be cut when hospitals need to reduce their spending.
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WildBerry 4 years ago
It is. This is the type of food served to a patient who has difficulty chewing/few teeth.
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#5
This Hospital In USA Failed
Dhukath 4 years ago
Does the hospital own a cat? Because I see "Sausages" like that every day in their litter tray 🐱!
LunaThePotat 4 years ago
It’s the same sausages they serve at every school I’ve gone to
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Bear42212 4 years ago
She ordered that you can see on the side what she ordered in hospitals you order what you want for breakfast and for lunch and for dinner.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
Yes but the description probably was not "two cat turds with parsley on the side"
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M O'Connell 4 years ago
Unfortunately no... that's a "Brown 'N Serve" pork sausage, common in foodservice because they are pre-cooked at the factory so there isn't grease to deal with.
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k Wetherbee 4 years ago
If she was on a certain diet and could only have certain foods, it might be correct. Need more to the story here.
Zaza 4 years ago
This one is not so bad. She had cottage cheese and pear for breakfast and what appears to be a cup of coffee or tea behind them, that's a good start of the day in itself. And sausages on a proper plate are a whole lot nicer than serving them in some sort of ugly plastic container. Oh and the parsley is to chew on if you have bad breath, the nurses dealing with you will appreciate you having some
#6
Hospital Food In Italy
WildHoneyPie 4 years ago
What the heck is that? It looks like something that would put you into the hospital!
Turnip and a Frog 4 years ago
It’s an organ that escaped utilisation and wanted to return to any body through the digestive tract.
Emmydearest 4 years ago
Naaa, that's not true. I don't know what that is but it's definitely not the whole meal. In Italy there's always some meat, or some rice or pasta, some veggies and a "dessert" (fruit, yogurt or a pudding). Sure, it doesn't taste amazing and it's very bland but it's not just a slob of gray meat, c'mon.
Jette Wang Wahnon 4 years ago
You are absolutely right...In Italy you have the «contorno« i.e.what surrounds the main...you do not get it piled on the same plate but separately...here only part of the meal was photographed..
Load More Replies...In Holly's view, the biggest problem with hospital food is the lackluster presentation. "When you are hospitalized, the last thing you want to be presented with is an unappetizing or highly aromatic meal in front of you. Food styles and/or cuisines should be updated. One alternative would be to offer a modernized menu for patients to select from, including choices like a bento box, flatbreads, and/or rice bowls," she suggested.
"Hospitals could incorporate a system that allowed the patient to select an alternative menu or one that includes 'fun' foods like the menu we implemented for our laboring/postpartum mothers. This would astronomically improve these patient satisfaction scores, thereby making staff members more appreciated.
Unfortunately, these alternate menus are not a standard of practice in most hospitals, and sadly it is one of the first to be taken away when the budget is cut," nurse Holly told Bored Panda that even though there are alternatives to the current low standards, sadly, they're all reliant on financial decisions from up above.
#7
A Hospitals Take On Vegetarian Cuisine. Germany
Saint Thomas 4 years ago
"Yo! I heard you like carrots, so I put carrots IN your carrots !"
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I want cake 4 years ago
Those things at the top are an insult to spätzle. I thought they were fries at first until I read the 'menu'.
RenaMoonlight 4 years ago
I thought the same thing. There's absolutely no resemblance to Spätzle.
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Vaida Kuodytė 4 years ago
They look like yellow bean pods to me. Too small for fries.
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Aroha 4 years ago (edited)
I asked for vegetarian food in Czech Republic. I got 9 (!!) slices of dry bread with a really bad tasting sweet cream cheese-ish spread already on them. Nine?! And nothing else 😅.
Kimberley Gayle Thomas 4 years ago
Nine makes me think you got it in Germany not Czech Republic.
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#8
Can You Identify My Austrian Hospital Food?
A good guess might be "depression", but actually, it was some sort of cow paste (it immediately fell apart, it was basically the consistency of mousse) in paprika sauce, mashed potato, and mushy pea purée.
Isabella K 4 years ago
Yeah, but tge description says it fell apart. Leberkäs shouldn't desintegrate itself... not sure what else it could be. But the mashed potatoes would be a sign for leberkäs. I'm confused.
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Me 4 years ago
This looks like puree to avoid choking, such as a patient taken off a ventilator.
the redqueen 4 years ago
Umm.....mashed peas, mashed potatoes, and a slice of spam on a delightful bed of ketchup. I am so sorry for you.
F. H. 4 years ago
That's Leberkäs, not spam, a common fast food in Germany and Austria. It should not have the consistency of mousse, though.
Load More Replies... Vaida Kuodytė 4 years ago
Looks like a mashed food diet, which is required for some patients after certain surgeries/conditions. This is quite good plating for what it is, actually.
Vicki Thill 4 years ago
Most of these are just processed for a dysphasia diet. This one is colorful and offers a variety of shapes for interest. I think this is a step above for a hospital serving of pureed foods. The patient on this diet appreciates all efforts made to make up for the lack of textures.
#9
Dinner In Irish Maternity Hospital
Mazer 4 years ago
I’m starting to think we need to serve this to the CEOs during their board meetings
Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
Those brussel sprouts look boiled... which, I think, is a sin against nature, man and anything else with a stomach.
Helderder 4 years ago
You can boil them. Just not this long. I suspect this are canned or overcooked sprouts.
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Kevin Corcoran 4 years ago
I have been to an Irish Maternity hospital. I can confirm this is on par with what my wife was served :|
Financially speaking, feeding people well is expensive. And the thinking tends to be, why bother giving someone nutritious, healthy, costly meals when you can get away with a piece of bread and a sad chunk of cheese? After all, a hospital is all about helping you get better, not feeding you.
However, that line of thinking simply doesn't work when you consider the huge importance that food has on our health. In fact, have a think about how you feel when you've been eating fresh food for a while versus how lethargic you feel when you've been consuming plenty of sugar and fast food. The difference is night and day.
#10
"Lasagna" According To Adventist Hospital
Otter 4 years ago
No, it's a noodle with a few microns of ricotta on it! Makes all the difference!
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Claire 4 years ago
I worked at an Adventist hospital for years! I really loved the food we had, but yes, it was vegetarian. They did bring in steak or chicken if a patient felt they desperately had to have meat. And they also served alcohol to patients if they required it (ie at risk of going into withdrawal).
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
You can make a perfectly fine lasagne with just vegetables and no meat! But you have to actually ADD the vegetables to the pasta for it to count.
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Karen Lyon 4 years ago
I'd laugh, but it's so hypocritical. I belong to the Adventist church. Their hospital system is a big deal in the church So is their emphasis on healthy living.
Meghan Wood 4 years ago
Ok….. lasagna IS actually the proper Italian name for a single lasagna noodle. What we typically Call lasagna should be called “lasagne”
Dorothy Cloud 3 years ago
Many, many years ago I was in an Adventist hospital. No meat, but it was tasty!
#11
Celebratory Steak Dinner Offered By Hospital For Proud Mother And Father
A B C 4 years ago
A piece of coal from the oven the rest was cooked on, maybe?
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MARY ANN Hannah 4 years ago
just give me my baby and I'll be out of your hair, oh and you can keep the meal too.
Lou Pryde 4 years ago
Well you know it's bad when broccoli is the most appetising thing on the plate
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
I do like broccoli, but I could have done without the rest on the plate
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Valerie Anne 4 years ago
So that's one baked potato, a side of broccoli, and a charcoal briquette. Got it. I'll put that order in right away, sir. And for the lady?
suzanne van Doorn 4 years ago
No one is going to mention the uncooked, unpeeled potato then...?
#12
Since We're Posting Our Hospital Meals (UK)
the redqueen 4 years ago
You got all kinds of stuff, to the left and right of your tray.....and even your tray of food would look good, except it looks like somebody dngaf when it was time to put the green stuff on, and just poured what was left on your plate. Thank god you don't have to pay for it, right? But yeah, that's ridiculous
Lis Daglish 4 years ago
I think if the content is in the right direction who cares how it looks right? It’s a hospital, not a Michelin star joint. Compared to others on here this is just entitlement complaining. Love our NHS.
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Agnieszka Makarewicz 4 years ago
Uk hospital meal are great in my opinion - you getting the card everyday to choose from at least 5 meals - and the quality is ok - cannot complain about it
Merilyn Horton 4 years ago
I’ve worked in Aged Care, and nobody ever ate crap like this. It’s horrible
Valerie Anne 4 years ago
Did the hospital hire the effects department from the Exorcist as the chefs?
According to ‘Wise Geek,' hospital food is a subset of institutional food which focuses on cutting costs and appealing to the widest number of customers as possible. Though, to be fair, it's tough to imagine how the bland/disgusting food that's served is meant to appeal to anyone.
Is it enough for you to survive in a tight spot? Probably. Is it something that's going to rouse your spirits and give your body the necessary nutrients to get stronger quickly? Doubtful. The secret ingredient might be love, but there's not much of that around!
#13
This Veggie Burger Was Served To Me In The Hospital. 10/10 For Presentation
Robert T 4 years ago
If this is how they assemble a burger, I'd hate to see how they assemble their patients!
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
Hopefully, the kitchen-staff doesn't have to also work in the OR... But who knows these days
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katboxjanitor 4 years ago
I am guessing the preparer wasn't sure which was the burger...vs the buns
Hugo Kwame Coles 4 years ago
If you can't trust them with a burger than you can't trust them with a broken limb
#14
Hospital Lunch In Romania
RoseTheMad 4 years ago
This is probably one of the better ones so far... and as a Irish/Romanian mix, my Irish side is screaming far more than my Romanian side, because at least this isn't questionable gray mud.
jaysko 4 years ago
Dunno why you got downvoted, I def thought the same thing
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Hans Bass 4 years ago
When i asked for the Po' boy sandwich you really took me literally didnt you?
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Vicky Z 4 years ago
To stick it to your eye and don't see this abomination!
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Hans Bass 4 years ago
Thats a wonderful sandwich...for me to poop on {triumph the wonder dog}
Load More Replies... Katherine Morris 4 years ago
If fat was the issue there wouldn't be 3 slices of bread. Low cholesterol version perhaps? 🤨
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
How the heck do you make a 3 slice of bread sandwich with that amount of meat? Disturbing!
#15
My Hospital Food Memories Are Scary. It's Lithuania
JuJu 4 years ago
It's egg. It looks like this when you make it in a tray in a convection oven. You get it in quite a lot of hotels at the breakfast buffet.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
The heart healthy "microwaved egg whites in a square with frozen peas on the side" diet. And I wish I was joking, but they gave this to my mom in the US a few years back...
Vaida Kuodytė 4 years ago
The peas over here are always canned rather than frozen. They're quite nice. But not enough to feed a person.
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Andrea Andersson 4 years ago
We called that egg omelette "kempiniukas" in the army. It translates to "spongebob" :D
mcborge1 4 years ago
Do you like cheese, do you like peas, then try CHEESY PEAS. And from the makers of Cheesy peas comes SQUEEZY CHEESY PEAS. :D
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Donkey boi 4 years ago
Not sure about the peas, but that egg look fluffy as heck! I'd have me some of that!
Vaida Kuodytė 4 years ago
Another Lithuanian here. It varies from hospital to hospital. The one I was in (like, the most MAJOR one) was so horrible I cried. They order from some external company that delivers food not fit for pigs. Because corruption.
For the majority of us, hospital food will only ever be a quirky anecdote to tell our friends. But we forget about the people who stay in hospitals for weeks, months, and even years at a time. Imagine having to eat that swill every day. Food and cooking are important parts of being a human being and a member of your local community and society at large.
I'd actually argue that by feeding people bland, ghastly, and shocking food, you're depriving them of one of the biggest joys of being human. And that can't be good for your health. Physical, emotional, or spiritual.
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Yesterday's Hospital Breakfast In Chicago. The Garnish Really Makes It
John C 4 years ago
Yeah, seriously - a biscuit, egg and milk - pretty solid breakfast in my book.
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Apachebathmat 4 years ago
Chef! This plate looks empty what should I do? Add parsley, they will never know
tomandjerry56 4 years ago
egg…IN A CUP!!??? best invention since sliced bread!!! why didn’t i think of that???
#17
My First Meal In A Week, At A Hospital For Meningitis, Entertain Me, Please. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Neil Bidle 4 years ago
Well today, we have chicken a la sweetcorn, with a jus of coagulated grease ..
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
You have a choice of corn, corn, and corn with something that is waving at you!
Turnip and a Frog 4 years ago (edited)
Just watched “The Thing” the other night. Looks like something in the middle of transforming into something other equally ungodly. All it needs is a high-pitched, squeaky, noise
#18
Vegetarian Meal Sent Up For My Friends Hospital Meal
Rabbit Carrot 4 years ago
If nothing else she can beat it to death with that rather solid looking baguette.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago (edited)
I don't think it's too bad, but I really wonder about the burger-bun. Just leave it out and it's fine. (Not good. Okay. )
#19
Groats With Vomit, From My Stay At A Polish Hospital
Turnip and a Frog 4 years ago
I could have taken the exact same picture a week ago in hospitalisation. That’s exactly what it looked like. I mean, you know it’s food because someone diced the ingredients and heated everything up - but other than that I would never tell it’s meant for human nutrition.
Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
I did a fast look and thought it said "Goat Vomit!: LOL! It's Groats and Vom... oh wait! WOW!!
#20
The Toasts One Of My Patients Got At The Hospital For Breakfast
Donkey boi 4 years ago
Charcoal is used for poisonings, stomach and kidneys issues so this could be intentional.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Me: Well, the rest of the meal is clearly inedible, so... *scrape, scrape, scrape*
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
I guess the becel and the peanut butter if mashed on the toast hard enough it may be edible?
#21
Hospital Breakfast
It's baked eggs covered with American cheese.
jaysko 4 years ago
Not just you. But it's probably accentuated by the gross orange kraft singles 🤢
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Vaida Kuodytė 4 years ago (edited)
Eggs? That looks like broccoli stems or smth. American "cheese" is the worst part though.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
Yeah, I thought so, too. Very pale, overcooked broccoli cooked/baked with eggs to some kind of casserole ? But terrible.
Load More Replies... Brian Bennett 4 years ago
That is baked eggs are you sure? Seems like they are trying to hide it with the cheese. Pray tell why are there hockey pucks on your plate?
jaysko 4 years ago
I'd eat those hockey puck sausages all day over that "egg" thing
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Rebecca Morrison 4 years ago
I can honestly say my dog wouldn't eat any of the meals.posted on this page.
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Chicken Teriyaki Given To Us For Nurses Week By My Hospital
RoseTheMad 4 years ago
It's not great, but it's certainly more edible looking than some of the "foods" offered on this list..
Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago (edited)
"And madam, how did you find your chicken this evening?" "I moved a few f'ing grains of rice and there it was!!"
Hans Bass 4 years ago
This is the favorite recipe of the author of the book "Naked Lunch"
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Americans treat their nurses so well, and what's with the styrofoam trays, at least paper plates can be recycled!!
#23
Vegan Hospital Food: Potato
#24
Hospital Dinner In Germany At 16:30
Nancy Troyer 4 years ago
Probably somewhere out of the picture. I cannot imagine Germans NOT serving mustard with wurst. And this looks like a pretty decent and average meal. When I was there as an exchange student, we had meat, cheese, and bread rolls for morning and evening meals. Lunch is when you would get a hot meal that included vegetables.
Load More Replies... JuJu 4 years ago
Lecker. Two different slices of bread (we have such great bread), Leberwurst (liver sausage), but the mustard is indeed missing :)
Lori Oostendorp 4 years ago
And the metal bits holding the ends shut are for extra iron, right?
Load More Replies... Kari Panda 4 years ago
Nothing inheritly wrong with that, if they also provided some butter for the cheese.
Vaida Kuodytė 4 years ago
Dinners suck. But that's a whole sausage made with real meat (you can tell because it looks like s**t instead of smooth and dyed pink), and some premium bread. The Wurst, not the worst. ;)
Donkey boi 4 years ago
Served in a utensil tray! To be fair, although simple, this one look nutritious and tasty.
F. H. 4 years ago
That's most likely a hospital food plate by Bauscher ceramics.
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Third Week Of Living On Vegan Hospital Food And I’ve Lost 10 Kg. I Have No Idea What This Is
I want cake 4 years ago (edited)
In the Netherlands you're not allowed to lose weight in the hospital, because it interferes with the healing process apparently. My dad was made to drink high-calorie shakes to get his strength back and keep his weight up even though he was overweight and that was the reason they gave.
cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
In France when i was puking everything they were feeding me through my veins with a cathether directly into my subclavian artery, life juice! I still have the scar from it and i have loose some weight anyway but they were very careful with it because i was already skinny, i left the hospital bony instead of skinny. They should have given me more "life juice".
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Joshua Seaman 4 years ago
One of the sucky things about eating plant-based is when you go to places and they think the veg alternative is just some salad or steamed veggies. It's like, look, veg folks like protein! Give us some protein alternative too! And we need calories ffs - no wonder why that person lost 10 Kg in 3 weeks eating that.
JessG 4 years ago
I dunno, this looks like *mostly* protein. It's like four different kinds of squashed bean mush, mixed with a few kernels of corn and some whole black beans, garnished with a few canned tomatoes? In all honesty, it really doesn't look TOO terrible, just, maybe, incomplete? Just stuff it all into a big tortilla, add some cheeses, a little hot sauce, roll it up, then roast it over an open flame for say.....8 to 12 hours? Then boom! You got yourself a carbon-based diet! *chef's kiss*
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Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Don't eat it apply it directly to your hips see if that helps for a little weight gain.
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Hospital Food Looks Like The Opposite Of Food. America The Great US
Apachebathmat 4 years ago
Pretty sure your meal got mixed up and should have gone to the lab instead
Delta the hybrid 4 years ago
Nah, the researchers aren't gonna use that; it was more likely going to the trash
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Lynne Stankard 4 years ago
What the hell is the sludgy white stuff? Do people ever eat hospital food?
CatWoman312 4 years ago
I’m starting to think prison food and hospital food come from the same place
Daniela Strobl 4 years ago
Isn't this prison food? You pay the most for health care in the world yet even your hospital food sucks?
#27
This French Hospital Food Is Getting Worse - Potatoes And What I Think Was A Boiled Cabbage
Saint Thomas 4 years ago (edited)
I think it's endive/chicory. It's an acquired taste, as it's a bit bitter. Well prepared it's quite good, my favorite preparation is first boiled, then seared in a pan with a bit of brown sugar. The sugar breaks the bitterness.Quite common in north of France and Belgium as a winter vegetable, as it is grown inside.
Sylvain Petit-jean 4 years ago
It's called "Endive" and we can eat it at any time of the year. So many ways to cook it ! Well, just not the way they did in this hospital :)
Best one is "Chicon en gratin" or "Endive au jambon", as said by cassiushumanmother :) entremont-...f15387.jpg 
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Horrible Vegan Hospital Food, New Mexican Style
Maple Syrup 2 years ago
Why are most of these vegan? Most vegan food out of a package is gross. A hospital isn’t equipped to serve vegan food. Mostly because it’s not the best dietary option in the world. (Not judging just fact) frankly they really don’t care unless you legitimately have a reason for being vegan which I’m sorry to say is next to none medically. Vegetarian yes many reasons. Vegan? No not really. Expecting a medical facility to care about your ethics about food that are not religious based or restriction based. Grow up and get over it.
Cathy Carey 4 years ago
This looks good to me. Maybe they are upset because it's just a potatoe
#29
My Hospital Roast Dinner
katboxjanitor 4 years ago
Well, it is all 'roasted' but they could have cut the boiling short. And some butter or seasoning
third molar 4 years ago
They snatched a plate from a homeless guy rummaging a restaurant dumpster!
#30
Hospital Cafeteria, Bon Appetit
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Yup! Free of taste, nutrition, vitamins, minerals and a classy presentation.
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Stephanie IV 4 years ago
Just rice looks infinitely more inviting than all the other abominations here.
#31
Cooked Sauerkraut With Uncooked Turkey Fillet In My University Hospital In Germany
#32
My Girlfriend's Grandma Is In The Hospital. This Is Her Dinner. Yes, It Came Labeled That Way
#33
It's Bad
Sam C 4 years ago
it's known as Ugali/Pap/N'sima (it's a white maize) eaten in most African countries - although this is usually served with a meaty stew and or beans NOT a hard boiled egg!
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Rebekah Marks 4 years ago
This is Sadza, it's normally served with cooked veggies (and meat, sometimes) - this is in one of Zimbabwe's public hospitals
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago (edited)
"The chicken will be done in a while... would you like something in the meanwhile?"
#34
This “Chicken Tikka” My Boyfriend Got Served In Hospital Today. We Are From Wales In Britain
Saico Hipe 4 years ago
That is truly horrifying. What an awful excuse for Chicken Tikka Masala!
Vic 4 years ago
Looks like it was prepared when dinosaurs walk the Earth..
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#35
This Hot Dog From The Toronto Hospital For Sick Kids
Laura Sanders 4 years ago
When my brother was there for a week after brain surgery, he got to pick off a menu and it was pretty solid, albeit plain (like smiley fries or scrambled eggs, Kraft dinner, fruit/veggies), but the rest of us ate at the $2 hot dog cart parked on the street by the main entrance- one of the best carts in Toronto, I swear.
Laura Sanders 4 years ago
He's fine, btw, it's how we were able to pay so much attention to the food because the care he got was amazing
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Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
That hospital just spent 60 million USD on a COVID lab this month. I guess that tapped them out.
Brittany Preston 4 years ago
When I was in a kid's hospital years ago my mom stayed with me the whole time and would go to this little communal kitchen thing and make me peanut butter banana sandwiches
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
And this is "the best children's hospital in Canada" its not the food people!
Susan Green 4 years ago
Oh no, this makes me sick just looking at it. Please do so much better for our sick children.
#36
Nutritious Swedish Hospital Breakfast
#37
Staying At A Hospital In Montreal. No Dietary Restrictions (Injured My Leg). This Was What Was Presented This Morning Along With A Cup Of Coffee
Tashina Ferries-Gallo 4 years ago
That looks like American cheese *light* . And they burnt the toast :(
#38
Lunch At The Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital
the redqueen 4 years ago
Bologna and hot dog: the absolute worst processed food you could ever eat. I swear, I think the hospitals and big pharma work together to be sure you'll still need to take plenty of drugs for all your illnesses until the day you croak.
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
Oh come on - they didn't even bother to peel the plastic packaging off!
Karin Gibson 4 years ago
They obviously are drumming up more inpatients feeding people with that processed rubbish
AzureFalcon 4 years ago
Bologna Is Already Horrible. Combine It With Sausage, And It's x200 Worse.
Tashina Ferries-Gallo 4 years ago
They like their patients so much, they want to see them again!
#39
My Breakfast In The Hospital This Morning. I'm Sure It Only Cost Me About $75.00
Violet brown 4 years ago
it says allergies to melon and by the looks of it they were given melon -_-
Vicky Z 4 years ago
And if the melon doesn't do the job, there are pecans underneath😅😅
Load More Replies... the redqueen 4 years ago
Hahaha....you forgot the $50.00 delivery fee, and the $45.00 admin fee( that's for the paper to print the receipt) Good ol' American healthcare! My hubby got a microscopic metal shard in his eye( he fine now) and I asked for an itemized bill- I know this sounds unbelievable, but they did use a couple of cotton swabs, but, since they opened a brand new box and only used a couple, the box of swabs..."it's now " not sterile", so they throw away a huge box of swabs, they used two out of the pack, and charged ME for the WHOLE box. Take a wild guess how much? $150.00. N.o.p.e.- Bluntly told them to take that off my bill. They did. Always asked fo itemized receipt, and don't let them say it will take awhile, mail it, ect. All they have to do is print again, but click on itemized.
Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
I am deadly allergic to NSAIDs (Common one is known as Advil) yet I have been told many times to just take couple of Advils by doctors. I doubt they really read all that stuff.
Ervin Conn 4 years ago
It may be that patient is not be allergic to melons. Maybe that is a warning in case they are? Sort of like the warnings that say "May contain nuts".
Loralie Chase 4 years ago
I believe it would say allergens if that was the case, I could be wrong though
Load More Replies... Brian Bennett 4 years ago
I says its a Denver omelette, breakfast potatoes and veggies looks more like melons which the person is allergic too. Very efficient!
TK 421 4 years ago
It states Denver omelet, cranberry juice, and breakfast potatoes. They just aren’t in the picture. Odd that they would forget those
Monday 4 years ago
No bud, the issue is the person is allergic to melon and pecans...and they gave him melon in his fruit cup.
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#40
Vegetarian Dinner Option At The Hospital
#41
Although I’m Grateful My Hospital Is Concerned And Busy With Covid, This Is My Omelet After 48 Hours Of ER/ICU Call
Lucas 4 years ago
It takes skill to burn and not fully cook something - I agree, impressive!
Load More Replies... Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
This does at least look like it was made by a human and isn’t some over processed, unidentifiable grey stuff.
#42
Tasty Full English Breakfast From Raffles Hospital, Singapore
the redqueen 4 years ago
And you can tell they counted those beans in groups of two's and four's...can't have somebody getting an extra bean, now....
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Those are eggs? One mini slice of tomato drowning in counted bean sauce. HELP!
#43
Hospital Food Services At Local Hospital In Halifax, Nova Scotia
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
I take it this is an egg salad sandwich , with reduced egg of course!
#44
Looks Like It Was Cooked About 4 Weeks Ago
Metaniel 4 years ago
Salty omelette most likely. I strongly advise to try it. Tastes great with cheese and ham
Load More Replies... Donkey boi 4 years ago
I didn't read the test at first. I thought is was a bad Yorkshire pudding!
#45
German Hospital Food
I’m A Black Cat 4 years ago
It's mashed potatoes and probably gulash or stew, which has been cooked and refrigerated in portions beforehand, so now it needs to bee heated up and will probably look and taste ok after the heating procedure. Don't see a problem
the redqueen 4 years ago
I can guess a twice baked potato mashy thingie-but the brown stuff looks like runny refrigerator beans, good god what is it?!
Yoga Kitty 4 years ago
This is a readymade meal for someone who cannot chew, and it still needs heating up. My father received this kind of food after he had open cancer in his mouth - it may not look too fancy but the taste ist alright and it was really a big help for him.
Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 4 years ago
Nah everyone is saying it’s potato
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#46
Side Of Bacon At The Hospital In Florida
#47
Hospital Food In Lithuania
Cupcake168 4 years ago
…and carrots. It doesn’t look tasty because of the grey, but it’s not so bad at all, especially in comparison with all that other food here.
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M O'Connell 4 years ago
It probably isn't, but it looks like biscuits & gravy along with barely and carrots. That sounds fine to me. [for people where 'biscuit' means something else: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuits_and_gravy ]
Cold Contagious 4 years ago
That's a lot of barley but don't know what's covered in the cream sauce.
#48
Good Old Hospital Chicken Parmesan
#49
Egyptian Hospital Food
k Wetherbee 4 years ago
Yogurt, a boiled egg, and toast. A lovely breakfast. I dont see the issue.
#50
My Lovely Vegan Lunch While I Was In Hospital In UK. Dry Potato No Vegan Spread
#51
Friend Sent This To Me - It's From A Hospital Canteen In Ireland
cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
Free calcium, phosphorus and magnesium supplementation, and crunchy!
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Not Proud British 4 years ago
It's from a buffet. Not everyone would have chosen hardboiled eggs with beans and I'm sure there were other choices, along with the toast crumbs that someone has already spotted.
#52
My Breakfast Today In The Hospital. Dry Bread, One Slice Of American Cheese, Bit Of Jam, Sugar And Milk For Instant Coffee. It's Not Prison, Just A Belgian Hospital
#53
In This Hospital In Ontario, When They Say "Fresh Poutine", They Really Mean "Frozen Fries Topped With Demolished Cheese Slices"
#54
Vegan Option From My Hospital Breakfast
#55
Looks Like Its Regurgitated Beef On A Bun And Carrots For Lunch Today
Moo Moo Futch 4 years ago
That looks like something Dr Pimple Popper has scraped out of a 45 year old cyst.
Delta the hybrid 4 years ago
It remindse of the pellets that owls make in their gizzard with the excess animals fur/bones and other unedible things... Blech
#56
2 Buttered Slices Of Bread, Some Kind Of Sweet Bun And Strawberry Jam. Hospital Food Hours. Honestly The Bread Is The Best Part. Southern Poland
#57
This Is What The NHS Call A Turkey Dinner And All The Trimmings For Someone Recovering From Cancer
#58
In The St. Michaels Hospital, Toronto, And They Just Served Dinner
LottieH 4 years ago
This looks great! That green stuff is mushy peas, just mushed into oblivion. Bloody lovely with fish and chips or a homemade meat and potato pie! (UK here)
CrunChewy McSandybutt 4 years ago
You didn't have to identify you were from the UK. We knew. :)
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Karin Gibson 4 years ago
I love mash and mushy peas although they are generally not on the same plate.
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
It all looks artificial. I'm a Canadian live not to far from St. Mikes never been there thank God!
Apachebathmat 4 years ago
I think they drew the ‘griddle’ marks on that chicken with a sharpie
#59
I Present An American Hospital Cheeseburger
TheBoredPanda 4 years ago
What the heck is the brown thing in the middle that looks like a cross between a poo and a banana?
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
The so called cheeseburger is disgusting, pray tell what are the equally disgusting brown things on the side?
the redqueen 4 years ago
That's a restaurant manager fave meal- beef patty slapped with a piece of halfway melted cheese on it; and whatever side is quickest/ still sitting in window/ect. You eat no more than two bites, then get up-at least 15 minutes later come back when it's good and ice cold, but it's the best thing you ever tasted. Get 3/4 done, get up for 3 minutes, hurry back to your food-and it's gone. Busser thought it they" were done. Then you work another 8 hours. That's a classic " Managers special". All line cooks know it by name.
#60
Breakfast In Hospital In Serbia
Ragnhild Nilsen 4 years ago
Not bad. Lacks a bit on presentation, but bread, butter, ham/bologna/mystery meat, egg and jam is OK.
I’m A Black Cat 4 years ago
Looks like what every other household gets for preakfast in Eastern Europe. No need to complain
I wish I could live in the ocean 4 years ago
I've gone gluten free because of stomach issues some weeks ago and fell so much better. If I ever have to go to a hospital I'm gonna be very hungry...
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
An egg Hopefully cooked, a slab of deli meat two slices of a baguette and a cup of pony piss and this looks fine. check your specks.
#61
Mums In Hospital Over The Weekend With Heart Trouble. She Sent Me A Picture Of Her Lunch. It’s England
MCathenaE 4 years ago
It looks like a 1/4 of a baked potato & cheese substance...
Load More Replies... Rabbit Carrot 4 years ago (edited)
To be fair (slightly). I feel this might be a patient problem, in NHS hospitals you’re given a fairly big list of things to choose from. They hand the menu round each day and you pick what you want from it. 🤷♀️ This looks like she forgot to pick things to go with her potato (maybe she thought baked potato meant full meal).
Lucas 4 years ago
I agree with you - I've been in hospital a few times in the UK and had plenty of choice and also perfectly fine meals. Also as a visitor when seeing family in hospitals they had really okay meals. Not denying you get rubbish at times but on the whole my experience hasn't been anything bad.
Load More Replies... Not Proud British 4 years ago
For all those who think butter and cheese is bad for you - these are good fats, which is why the hospitals think nothing of serving them to people with heart conditions. It's the margarine that is really bad for you.
Cavern Gill-Vernon 4 years ago
I was in hospital in York UK for 2 weeks. For lunch, everyday, we got dry crackers and a bit of cheese
Cavern Gill-Vernon 4 years ago
2 dry crackers I hasten to add. I lost 3 stone
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Love Me Some Crappy Hospital Food. Germany
I’m A Black Cat 4 years ago
Potatoes with herbs, vegetables and a sausage with sauce. Looks ok to me
Kevin Corcoran 4 years ago
This is fine! Curry wurst, cheesy baked cauliflower(?), and herby potatoes. Yum!
Cupcake168 4 years ago
Probably they just don’t like it. No reason to complain. In most Hospitals in Germany you can choose between 3 lunches. Dinner is worst: mostly a slice of bread and a slice of Mortadellas, if you’re lucky with some pickles on the side.
Cold Contagious 4 years ago
I could eat the cauliflower and brussel sprouts for sure, don't know what kind of wurst that is tho.
#63
Hospital Vegetable Lasagne
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
Oh, so HERE'S the rest of that lasagne from the Adventist's hospital.
#64
Since We’re Sharing Hospital Food, Here Is What We Receive For Breakfast Every Day At A Public Hospital In Rome, Italy
#65
I Knew I Took This Picture For A Reason. Feast Your Eyes On My Hospital Breakfast In America
the redqueen 4 years ago
Big waffle, a hard boiled egg, a box of cereal, half pint of milk, I even see the little butter pats- guarantee there's also syrup and juice-some of these people in other countries are getting a slice of bread....I am American, so I can say it: Some Americans are so spoiled they have no clue.
Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 4 years ago
You forgot the banana, and yes you are correct. This is better breakfast than I eat at home
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Saico Hipe 4 years ago
I can taste the sadness in this. I bet the waffle is floppy and yet dry, and the egg has a gray ring and dusty, pasty yolk. Ugh.
#66
I'm A Cancer Patient In The Hospital. Instant Mashed Potatoes Mixed Into Chicken Broth
I I 4 years ago
they told my mum they mash it to make it easier for people to digest , it takes energy to digest things and as you know people with cancer have less energy , chicken broth is great for you
Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
That and the potato is the most nutriously complete food out there.
Load More Replies... Neil Bidle 4 years ago
Clearly wasn't that bad considering you ate it? Mashed potato and gravy is yum
#67
I See Your Walmart Philly, And Raise You A Hospital Cafeteria In Philly
Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
Yeah, I'd be kind of ashamed that you got that in Philly. That's really sad.
Ted Expert 4 years ago
I don't get people complaining about cafeteria food - if you don't like it, don't eat it. Complain about the food they serve PATIENTS instead.