Eating well during your hospital stay will contribute to a quicker and better recovery.  To entice your appetite, a Southern Sodexo Five Star patient menu is served daily.  The restaurant style menu is geared to increase food variety and to bolster patient satisfaction.

To ensure that patients clearly understand how to order their menu, a Diet Hostess visits patients to explain the menu system, collect food preferences, and assist with menu selection.                                                                                      

Special menu features include:

• Menus requiring dietary restrictions related to your condition are carefully monitored to ensure menu accuracy. 
• Accommodations for special requests such as vegetarian and Kosher diets are provided.
• Patients with diabetes utilize the Carbohydrate (CHO) Counting system. This system allows patients to choose any foods to meet the carbohydrate level ordered by their physician.
• For patients requiring a picture-associated menu*, including Spanish and English text, one is available to assist you.
  
• Basic nutrition education information for each diet is on the back of the menu. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Diet Office 792-3891, and requesting a visit from a dietitian.

Family members of patients are encouraged to utilize the MUSC food court options or provide their own meals. In situations when this is not possible, meal assistance may be available upon assessment by the patient's Social Worker.

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