28
Vegan at a hospital: not respected (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/vegan@lemmy.ml
41 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

At a hospital again. I woke up to stinky meat next to me. They told me they don't have vegan food. They're very ostensibly rude about this. Had to listen to a long tirade from the room"mate" about how carnism is natural.

I'm in a lot of pain which makes me really irritable. I really didn't need to be made to gag with the meat.

Last time I was in a hospital they would throw meat into my food as well making sure it touched everything so I wasn't able to eat the veggies without the corpse taste.

I don't get why people are so malicious about it. I'm trying not to cry not to give them satisfaction. I am vegan for moral reasons. This is extremely uncomfortable.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

Tell your doctors you can't eat the food that's being given to you because you don't eat meat. The doctors should instruct them to accommodate you. Failing that order a vegetarian food for delivery to your room. There is no need to force you to eat meat if you are vegetarian. Not everybody eats meat. Don't tell them it's "moral", tell them it's "religious". If they absolutely refuse to serve you at least vegetarian food then throw what they bring on the floor and let the rude staff clean it up. You need to be committed to not eating anything they serve you by that point though and have established a way to get your own food.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [+] [S] -12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm sorry but your take doesn't feel rooted in reality. I don't know if you've ever been to a hospital but you seldom ever see doctors. I am just trying to limit how much they hurt me (some are clearly sadistic). I just won't eat if they refuse to give me real food. Thankfully I have a banana.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Nah. Hospitals cater to vegetarians all the time. If you want your dietary needs accommodated then you need to be respectfully assertive and not act like you're being victimized. Maybe don't throw the food on the floor (that's a last resort), but hospitals should - and will - accommodate vegetarian diets, you just have to find the right way and person to make the request.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •