Covid in Hospital staff

[seajae]

Our daughter has been self quarantining after being in close proximity to a covid infected person at the local hospital where she works as  a trainee doctor, she stays onsite in their staff dormitories. Last night she called us to let us know she does have covid and the hospital has told her she cannot leave her room for at least 10 days, they will supply her with medication but they will not feed her and she has to arrange all the food  herself and they will not help out at all, you would think when the hospital quarantines its staff in the hospital dormitories they would also ensure they make sure they are supplied food. The way the hospital has talked to her means either we will have to drive 20 klm each way to feed her every day as they have no cooking facilities in the room or she will have to order home delivery for all her meals, very poor form seeing she caught covid working in the hospital yet they take no responsibility apart from medication

[internationalism]

yes, strange she can't get home (or anywhere else she wants) and that hospital can't supply free/discounted food. They do have insite canteen.

Get her a rice cooker, in which she can also cook/warm up any other food. Together with a bag of rice, kilogram of many different vegetables (those that can't be easily spoiled) and fruits.

If she has access to fridge/freezer you can also cook for her a big pot or many different dishes, put in plastic bags/small plastic containers and freeze. Transport to her in an ice box and leave it with her.

Top it up with healthy foods - nuts, seeds, dried fruits, berries. Honey. You can get them at macro/supermarket on the way to hospital.

Edited August 22, 2022 by internationalism