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>I was wondering that. Maybe Japs have a different word for muscles and clams and stuff that doesn't include crustaceans.
Equally possible.

>Some hospices do seafood so maybe if they thought he was going to die.
Given the context it seems like standard room service from a standard public hospital. I've had hospital cafeteria food more than a couple times and it's not that different from school cafeteria food.