The following interview has been executed by Wala’ Abdallah Ali
Haboosh and Fatemah Ahmad Abdallah Al-Jamal, both students from Nour Al-Hussein
Secondary School for Girls
We wanted to know some information about a very important department
in Basmah hospital.
This important department is the Nutrition
department. So we went to Basmah hospital on Thursday 26 -2-2004 and met the
managers there.
First we met the president assistant, engineer
Eyass Muhammad Bani Easa, and we asked him some questions:
* When was the Nutrition department
established? Is it after the foundation of the hospital or at the same time?
-Mr Eyass: It was founded at the same time as
the hospital, because the patients and managers will need to eat. Therefore it
was established at the same time.
* Do you produce the same food to all
patients?
-No we don’t, but we produce the food
according to the patient.
We saw many managers, so we asked Mr. Eyass
about them:
* Are all of these people health managers?
No they aren’t, most of these managers are
from Al-Khabeer Corporation.
* What is Al-Khabeer Corporation?
-It is a contracting corporation of which the
hospital hired it’s
managers to work, clean and cook in the hospital.
* If any manager neglected his work, what
would you do?
-We would give him a warning, if the mistake
reoccurred, we would give him another, until they amount (3) warnings, then
unfortunately, he would be fired.
* Please tell us about the executive order
here.
-Each department has many executive persons:
1.The department president, that is
engineer Basem Al-Momany. He was graduated from Science and Technology
University in 1999, he organizes the managers and everything.
2.The president assistants, they are
from universities, and faculties. They supervise making food for the patients,
and kitchen cleanness.
3.Cooks, and feeding workers. They cook
and clean the dishes, and other things.
* Why doesn’t the government hire people to
work, instead of a corporation?
-Because that results in additional load on the
government, it would mean that those managers must be given health insurances
and high wages.
* When do you distribute the food to the
patients?
-Breakfast is distributed at 6 o’clock on the morning, lunch at
12 o’clock,
and dinner at 6 o’clock
on evening, and that is because of the medicine appointments.
* How do you keep the cleanness in this
department?
1.The cookers cook the
best food with the cleanest tools.
2.They always cut their
fingernails and beards, as well as all other personal hygienic aspects.
* What is the balanced food for a healthy
person?
- It can be summarized as follows:
·
Every day one must eat 30 gm carbohydrates,
such as: rice, bread, and cereals…
·
Vegetables between (3-5) portions, and a
portion =1 cup.
·
Milk and its products between (2-3) portions.
·
Meat and its products : 30gm.
*
Please, would you give us some advice about the persons who have pressure and
diabetes?
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1.The pressure illness:
A.Don’t eat a
lot of salt or fats.
B.Don’t eat a
lot of food that has cholesterol.
2.The
diabetes illness:
A.Don’t eat a
lot of sugar, carbohydrates, such as: rice.
*Do
you give juice to the patients?
-Yes,
we offer juice and soups …etc.
*Do
the cooks use cooking books?
-No,
I don’t
think that, because they should know every thing about cooking.
*
What are the conditions of the cooks to work here?
-They
must have an experience not less than (5-6) years, and his age must be more
than (18) years.
*
Are there any administrative inspections?
-Yes,
of course, between time and time, some people come such as the hospital
president Mr. Ali Al-Saad Bani Nusr
*
What are the conditions of the clean worker?
He
must be a good man, and not younger than (18) years.
After
speaking with Mr.Eyass for a long time, we went to the cooking part and
presented ourselves to the cook Moosa Khalaf.
*How
many years have you been here?
-(4)
Years, and I am an employee of the company.
Then
he informed us on developed cooking machines, and we saw how the dishes were
washed by a developed large machine.
After
that, we went to engineer Basem Al-Moumany , the president of Nutrition
department.
*
What is your study in the university?
-Bachelor’s degree
in nutrition and industrialization.
*Please
tell us a bout studying nutrition in the universities in the past and now.
-Nutrition
studying was connected with medicine faculty. But now it is connected with the
agriculture faculty.
*
Are there employments for persons who have the nutrition certificate? And
where?
-A
little, every (8) years only five persons are being employed, usually, in
nutrition laboratories
Then
we entered the (VIP), (VERY IMPORTANT PERSON) chamber. This room is used for
eating.
After
a long round, we decided to visit some of patients to ask them about the
hospital and feeding there.
First
we met a patient, named Nedal Al-Bakri, he thanked the hospital for it’s
treatment and feeding, and the food was enough. He slept in many hospitals
before, but he found this one the best.
Then
we met Khalid Al- Mansi. He is 40 years old. We asked his uncle about feeding,
and he answered that it was very good and tasty.
After
that we went to Neemah Al- Zanahareh (Om Ali). She’s 60 years old. She thanked
the hospital for looking after her.
Then
we asked Mr. Eyass:
*
Do you allow visitors to bring food with them to patients?
-No,
that is not allowed at all.
*
Please give us some information about your study, and your job.
-I
achieved good marks in the general secondary examination: 84%. Then I was
graduated from Science and Technology University, we studied many subjects
there such as:
A:
Nutrition and diet therapy.
B:
Family nutrition (in Arabic).
C:
Ripeness nutrition.
*
What do you notice a bout development in Jordan in the field of medicine and
nutrition?
-Jordan
goes along with development in all fields, for example in the past they used to
use primitive tools in cooking such as pots of cooper.
-
Nowadays , even fruits and vegetables are being washed by machines.
*
What do you hope the hospital to do that is not being done now?
-I
hope that the doctors accompany the nutrition expert while making their rounds
with the patients in order for him to know what kind of food must be prepared
for them.
*Please,
would you give the website-visitor some advice?
1.Eat
balanced food that contains all types of food.
2.Have
(3) meals in moderation.
3.Do
not eat a lot of every meal.
4.Do
not eat a lot of fats.
5.Do
not sleep after eating directly.
6.Sleep
on the right side to make (the digestion system) work naturally.
7.Play
sports, even half an hour daily.
8.Do
not smoke or have beer, drugs…etc.
9.Do
not eat a lot of nuts.
*Finally,
we thank you a lot for your collaboration, you were very kind. We noticed that
you and your employees are really fulfilling tiresome work. Thank you very
much, we hope you visit our website.
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Welcome.