A retired senior Northern Health Authority official is convinced hospital food would be different if top managers ate the same food that香蕉视频直播檚 served in their facilities.

香蕉视频直播淩ather than health system executives feeding themselves the best catered food available at their meetings while they talk about 香蕉视频直播榪uality patient-centred care,香蕉视频直播� it should be a legal requirement that all of their snacks and catered lunches come directly from the local hospital exactly as it is fed to patients,香蕉视频直播� wrote former chief medical health officer David Bowering in a social media post.

He says reliance on what he termed 香蕉视频直播渃orporate food香蕉视频直播� continues to increase and that healthy, fresh food is increasingly 香蕉视频直播渂ecoming a distant memory.香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淭he better the hospital food gets, the better their own publicly-funded free lunches will taste. It香蕉视频直播檚 called feedback,香蕉视频直播� Bowering says of what health executives could be eating.

Adding to his comments in a subsequent interview, Bowering says Northern Health, like other large organizations, is increasingly relying on large food-providing corporations because of cost.

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香蕉视频直播淭hey are also increasingly risk-averse,香蕉视频直播� he says of large organizations such as Northern Health preferring mass-produced processed-food.

Locally-sourced food through local growers and suppliers throughout the region, however, would add to food freshness, quality and healthier options, Bowering adds.

He does acknowledge the challenges of providing food through the wide variety of Northern Health香蕉视频直播檚 facilities located across a large swath of the province.

However, he says it香蕉视频直播檚 not impossible 香蕉视频直播� on Haida Gwaii, Northern Health patients are offered fresh-caught fish.

香蕉视频直播淲hat香蕉视频直播檚 needed is a long-term vision,香蕉视频直播� says Bowering of an effort to marry local food with that provided by large corporations.

In response, Northern Health香蕉视频直播檚 Eryn Collins says that when the authority香蕉视频直播檚 executives do meet in its various facilities, their food is catered directly from the kitchens at those facilities.

香蕉视频直播淪o they are eating what香蕉视频直播檚 on the menu,香蕉视频直播� she says.

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Collins describes health care facility food services as complex and challenging in that patient meals can depend upon individual dietary requirements tied to their individual medical conditions.

香蕉视频直播淎t Mills Memorial Hospital [in Terrace], for instance, meals are prepared from scratch in their kitchens,香蕉视频直播� says Collins.

香蕉视频直播淭here are a variety of items prepared for each meal,香蕉视频直播� she says in adding Northern Health does use food that香蕉视频直播檚 been frozen.

And while Northern Health does strive to meet a provincially-mandated target that 30 per cent of the food prepared is sourced locally, Collins says the definition of 香蕉视频直播榣ocal香蕉视频直播� can be interpreted as food from within B.C.

香蕉视频直播淲e do have challenges due to the size of the region,香蕉视频直播� she notes.

Still, most recent reports indicate Northern Health香蕉视频直播檚 food is now 19 per cent local, up from a previous level of 16 per cent.

香蕉视频直播淲e continue to look at ways to improve within the challenges and constraints we have,香蕉视频直播� says Collins.

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