About The Department

"Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food", advised Hippociates more than 2000years ago. Food is the source of all the components that make up the human body. There's no doubt that the right diet is the best prescription for better health.

The dietary department at KIMS formutates the most appropriate nutritional therapy for every patient (both OPD and IPD). Individual requirements are considered through initial metabolic, biochemical and anthropometric data obtained by nutritional assessment of the patient.

Another objective of the dietary department is out-patient counseling with a view of educating the patients about the nature of a disease, its hazards, detection and prevention. Advice on individual instructions on diet and specific therapy if required is given. The patient is made aware of the fact that diet plays an important role in the prognosis of a disease and is urged to strictly follow the guidelines of diet therapy.

Nutritional services for in-patients

• Nutritional assessment and individual diet planning of critically ill patients in each of the critical care units (MICU, ICCU, CTICU & SICU) enteral & parenteral nutrition.
• Planning therapeutic diets for inpatients according to their individual disease condition.
• Supervision of preparation, packaging and distribution of all therapeutic diets to inpatients.
• Obtaining suggestions regarding the food that is supplied, from the patients and modifying the same according to their likes within dietary parameters.
• Nutritional evaluation of in-patients to monitor their progress during hospital stay.
• Nutritional assessment and dietary counseling for all in-patients.
• The inpatient services offered by us are so profound that the patients and their relatives need not worry about the food that is served during the hospital stay as each and every need of theirs is taken care of by us. We have round the clock food & beverage service for all patients and their relatives.

Nutritional services for OP patients

• Initial nutritional assessment and dietary counseling for all outpatients from the departments of cardiology, endocrinology, neurology, nephrology, orthopaedics & gastroenetereology.
• Obesity and nutrition : Offering specific nutritional advice to all overweight & obese patients attending the obesity clinic at KIMS.
• Segregation of all patients attending the obesity clinic as per BMI, educating & advising the patient regarding appropriate and relevant dietary modification to improve their overall health status and also facilitate weight reduction.
• Specialized individual pre op and post op dietary advice for all bariatric surgery patients.
• Monitoring regularly the weight loss of bariatric patients and making timely dietary changes.

Apart from the above services we at KIMS also conduct monthly sessions for practicing dieticians from the twin cities. We also organize internship programs for B.Sc, M.sc & PG diploma students on a regular basis.

Food can do more than keep you healthy. Like the best modern medicines, it can also help heal what ails you. There is no doubt that the right diet is the best prescription for better health. And now we know more than ever before about the power of food to prevent, treat and cure major ailments as well as minor annoyances. We at KIMS offer you the information that you can use to look better, function better, fell better and enjoy more years of eating well.

Consultants

Mrs. K.Aruna (M.Sc F & N ) Chief Dietitian

Mrs. P.Radhika (M.Sc) Senior Dietitian