Show Diet important in patient recovery When a patient is hospitalized food usual usually becomes second place to him film but according to Uintah County Hospital supervisor Kuth Muth Searle diet Is as important im inv as the medication In the patients patient's recovery DIETS as prescribed by the physician arc are followed to the letter at the hospital They are checked three times limes a day 5 a am a.m. m. m 1030 am a.m. and 3 pm p.m. to see if there have been changes made by the doctor in the patients diet if so the department makes the ch changes on a patients patient's card The change is then incorporated in the next meal The hospital kitchen is open 14 2 hours each day Work begins at 5 am a.m. and continues throughout the day until pm p.m. There are arc four time full-time cooks Darlene Martin Mae Freestone Lorna Squires and Lela McCarrel and four part- part time lime cooks Nancy Hicks Sue Hatch Maybell Chivers and Carol Atwood who assist Mrs Searle All foods are cooked fresh each day and no instant foods are used Each of the cooks can work any of the shifts ACCORDING to Mrs Searle if any of the patients have a complaint about their diet or any questions she visits them personally and discusses their problem The diets used at Uintah County Hospital are selected from a diet manuel published by the Utah Dietetic Association ion A dietician Mrs David Jaunita comes from Salt Lake City one day each month to assist Mrs Searle on diets Mrs will also consult with anyone in Vernal who has a dietary problem |