Two CBS investigators looked through the kitchen inspection reports for 12 Chicago hospitals, and their work revealed some of the hospital kitchens hadn’t been inspected for quite some time.
For instance, they discovered the patient-only kitchen at Northwestern Memorial Hospital hadn’t been inspected since 2013. They also found the patient kitchen at Rush Medical Center was last checked in 2012, according to the report.
Although state officials told the investigators that the Chicago Health Department was responsible for inspecting the patient-only kitchens, the Chicago Health Department thought the Illinois Department of Health was performing the inspections, according to the report.
After the oversight failure was brought to light, the state department of health instructed city health officials to do the inspections of both patient and public kitchens at hospitals going forward.
All of the hospitals that were looked into for the investigation recognize food safety is a critical concern, according to the report.
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