No Flowers,fruit Or Chocolates

[robert551069]

My wife is in hospital and several friends have sent gifts of flowers, fruit and chocolates. The hospital staff have refused to allow her to keep these and the gifts have had to be taken away.
I mention this so that well wishers are aware of the situation and can check the local position before buying gifts.

[Sammy48]

I always find buying magazines most acceptable when visiting somebody in hospital or puzzle books etc.

Wish your wife well, robert551069.

[robert551069]

Thank you for your good wishes, Sammy48

[Maydup]

Get well soon Mrs robert551069

It is a suprise for some visitors that that these things are no longer accepted in hospitals, but they have run out of space and staff to help look after the flowers. They're also mindful of infections, but I am suprised at the refusal of fruit. Maybe its your wife's condition.

To the other extreme, when I was in hospital last year the family of my bed neighbour turned up with buckets of Kenucky fried Chicken. They and the paient all sat round the bed and tucked in. It smelled disgusting and forced me to go for a bath. And there was me not allowed a bunch of daffs!

[VHG]

I am not sure chocolates are ever a great "gift" for a person in hospital.

Hospitals are hot so the chocolates will always be soft and will often melt.

Also the person is doing no activity in hospital so the last thing they need is high calorie food.

And hospitals nowadays do try to give a healthy balanced diet so a big box of chocolates is not what they went the patient to eat.

[Old_Geezer]

Wow they must be so scared of infection they have gone over the top and enforced a less cheerful environment on those recovering. That's sad, and in my opinion, wrong. One needs one's spirits uplifted when unwell.

[mrs_overall]

Best wishes to mrs robert for a speedy recovery

I see it time and time again - visitors walking into hospital with huge bouquets of flowers that have cost a fortune, only to have to take them away again.

The gifts I have appreciated most when I have been in hospital are nice toiletries and reading material

[daffy654]

Flowers can cause breathing problems (not to mention hayfever) for some people, I know when I had my lung surgery there were no flowers allowed on the heart and lung surgery wards.

[Sqad]

I agree with daffy......also they can cause skin rashes which may be confusing when diagnostic procedures are undertaken....e.g Primula.....can give you Nast skin rashes.