Patients admitted to Sibiu County’s largest public hospital, the District Clinical Emergency Hospital (SCJU), will receive food from Saturday from another supplier after the company that won the tender informed the hospital in the morning that it will no longer deliver food starting at lunchtime. patients, reports a press release quoted by Agerpres.

Food in the hospitalPhoto: Mark Thomas / Sciencephoto / Profimedia Images

“We inform you that SCJU Sibiu was informed this morning (Saturday – no) at 09.18 by email sent by SC Ensemble Catering & Services SRL, the company that was appointed to provide food preparation and delivery services as part of the catering for hospitalized patients and on duty doctors that from noon today, May 6, 2023, they will stop providing the above services. As a result, the hospital management acted quickly to prevent a crisis situation and reached an agreement with the representatives of SC Bliss SRL (Super Mama – na) who will provide food for patients starting at lunchtime today,” the message reads. SCJU Sibiu press release .

According to the quoted source, the hospital will enter into a negotiated contract without prior publication to provide food preparation and transport services, which will be valid until a new tender is issued.

The head of the hospital, Dr. Daniel Chelcha, says that the former SCJU Sibiu food supplier has received several complaints from patients about the poor quality of the food.

“Providing nutrition to patients in the best conditions has been and will be a priority for SCJU Sibiu. Against the background of the identified problems and dysfunctions in the relationship with the service company, we looked for alternative solutions, precisely in order to be ready for such a situation, and we thank the partners from Super Mama for their openness and availability. The support we received was crucial in resolving this situation and we are convinced that this change will improve both the quality of the products that patients receive and the way they are served,” said the manager.

SCJU Sibiu serves patients with food brought in from caterers, as it no longer has its own functional dining room to prepare food.