By Beth Donze, Clarion Herald
Photos | COURTESY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Photos | COURTESY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
A food pantry now in its second year of operation at the Cancer Center at University Medical Center (UMC) is giving oncology patients one less thing to worry about: nutritious food to help sustain them and their families during their taxing period of treatment.
The Therapeutic Food Pantry, stocked by Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, enables patients to select from a variety of fresh, dried and canned food located within a Cancer Center office lined with shelving and refrigeration units.
The first hospital-based food pantry in Louisiana, it is designed to offer high-quality, nutritious food to patients who might be struggling with malnutrition, food insecurity or who just don’t have the time or energy to go to the grocery or a community food bank.
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