Health chiefs have apologised after a shocking picture revealed the inedible slop served to patients at a flagship hospital.
The photo shows half a plate covered with a gooey mess that appears to include potatoes, peas and possibly chicken, all of it coated in a thick, yellowish sauce.
The food was served last month to a patient with blood circulation problems at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, a £2billion privately funded hospital which opened in 2003.
The hospital was condemned in January last year after heart patient Irene Lang’s “cremated” omelette made its way on to social media.
At the time, the hospital apologised and promised to investigate.
But little appears to have been learned based on the new picture, taken in the hospital’s vascular ward by Gillian Neilson.
Gillian, from Prestonpans, East Lothian, posted: “This food is served to patients in ward 105 at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.”
Directing her question at NHS Lothian, she asked: “Is it any wonder patients lose weight and have no appetite?”
George Curley, director of estates and facilities at the health board, said yesterday: “NHS Lothian expects all food served to be of high quality and we are very sorry to anyone whose experience has been below this standard.”
