Dietetics is a specialized field dealing with clinical & therapeutic nutrition. In the world today, where majority of the population is afflicted with health related problems, Dieticians as trained professional are influential in guiding and helping people to improve their lifestyle and quality. Dietetics Department was established in year 2000, and dietary started its services to indoor patients in year 2008.
A state of art Dietetics Department is now housed on two floors, with total area of approx 6000 sq. feet. The department is equipped with all the modern facilities and latest equipment required for therapeutic food preparation.
All inpatients are on hospital diet. The Dietician on ICU duty communicates with the doctors & other members of the critical care team, plans the diet accordingly and monitors implementation of the nutrition care plan. Rounds of General wards and Family ward are undertaken to have a closer contact with all the patients. Dietary guidance is also provided to the inpatients so that they can take care of their health once they are discharged.
Regular out patient clinic is held on all working days (including gazetted holidays) between 8:30am- 4:30pm. The patients are counseled and given a diet chart after assessing their nutritional requirements according to their disease condition. A lot of patients visit our OPD even on referral from practitioners outside DMC. Our Dietitians actively participate in health camps that are held in and outside DMC, with an aim to create nutritional awareness among different sections of the society..
Established in the year 2000, Our experienced team helps patients understand the need
and importance of therapeutic diets based on their afflictions.
Dieticians work 7 days a week. Timings: 7.00am- 6.00pm
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