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'Food Pharmacies' In Clinics: When The Diagnosis Is Chronic Hunger - npr
There's a new question that anti-hunger advocates want doctors and nurses to ask patients: Do you have enough food?
Public health officials say the answer often is "not really." So clinics and hospitals have begun stocking their own food pantries in recent years.
One of the latest additions is Connectus Health, a federally funded clinic in Nashville, Tenn. This month, the rear of LaShika Taylor's office transformed into a community cupboard.
"It's a lot of nonperishables right now, just because we're just starting out," she says, but the clinic is working on refrigeration.
There's a new question that anti-hunger advocates want doctors and nurses to ask patients: Do you have enough food?
Public health officials say the answer often is "not really." So clinics and hospitals have begun stocking their own food pantries in recent years.
One of the latest additions is Connectus Health, a federally funded clinic in Nashville, Tenn. This month, the rear of LaShika Taylor's office transformed into a community cupboard.
"It's a lot of nonperishables right now, just because we're just starting out," she says, but the clinic is working on refrigeration.