Nutrition and Dietetics Services

About the Department & Specialty:

Established : 2005

The department of Dietetics started functioning in 2005.

The department plays a vital role in helping individual patient to improve the nutritional status and overall well-being.

Disease Profile Treated :

Customized Diets for Obesity, Diabetes, PCOD, GDM and Pregnancy Related Disorders, Hypertension, Thyroid, Renal Diseases,Cancer, Liver Diseases, Malnutrition among children.

Timings & Holidays

Outpatient (OPD) :

Monday to Saturday – 09:00 am to 05:00 pm

Sundays & Public Holidays – Not Available

Services Provided

Screening and Assessment of Nutritional status.
Diet planning and counseling for both inpatients and outpatients.
Planning, prescribing and implementing Medical Nutrition Therapy.
Inpatients’ diets are served as per the instructions given by qualified dieticians.
Students from Food and Nutrition degree are trained as per their academic requirements in Clinical Nutrition/ Dietetics.

Outpatient service

Consultation for all types of diseases and disorders (Malnutrition, Lifestyle disorders obesity, Hypertension, Diabetes, Renal diseases, Liver diseases, Cardiac diseases, Metabolic disorders, etc).
Counseling regarding diet modifications, food habits and lifestyle changes.
Assessment of Nutritional Status.
Customized diet charts are provided.

Inpatient Services

Assessment of Nutritional status of inpatient which includes

Clinical Assessment,
Anthropometric Measurement
Biochemical Assessment
Dietary Intake Record

Diet counseling and educating patients and also patients’ attender regarding nutritional requirements of the patient.
Diet plan and modifications as per disease condition.
Customized diet charts are provided with detailed dietary instructions to be followed at home.
Food Service for Inpatients – All the inpatients are served quality therapeutic diets.
Enteral nutrition for inpatients-Patients who are on enteral nutrition planned individually and provided quality nutritional services.
The special types of feeds provided are Ryle’s Tube Feed, PEG Feed and Jejunostomy feed.
Customized Neutropenic diets are also planned and served.
A good quality therapeutic diet is served and hygiene is maintained.
Diet is provided at bedside for inpatients.

Food Service Timings

Morning Breakfast – 7.30 a. m. to 8.30 a.m.

Lunch – 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m.

Evening Tea – 4.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

Dinner – 8.00 p.m to 9.00 p.m.