Hospital food isn't a joke. It's a scandal. The list of meal options is ever longer, but there is nothing there that you would ever want to eat and nothing freshly cooked. These aren't trivial issues. Because of this, over the past year people of all ages, but particularly the old, have faded away from lack of food. Despite being urged to eat, many simply won't. Making sure patients who try to eat are actually nourished adequately is another problem. These days you need to be well-nourished before you enter hospital if you want to survive!