Food as medicine: Reimagining the hospital mealtime experience

What if hospital food could actually help patients heal? At The Ottawa Hospital, we’re reimagining what patient meals can be — and why they matter. In this documentary, follow the Patient Food Transformation Project, a trial that set out to improve patient nutrition, bedside hospitality, and sustainability — without increasing operational costs. Partnering with renowned Ottawa restaurateur Stephen Beckta, hospital teams challenged long-standing assumptions about hospital food and asked a bold question: Can better food lead to better outcomes?