The Nutrition and Dietetics Department at Nepal Mediciti plays a vital role in enhancing patient recovery and reducing hospital stay durations, thereby minimizing the risk of hospital-acquired infections. This not only benefits patients by decreasing their medical expenses but also improves hospital efficiency by lowering the Average Length of Stay (ALOS), a key quality indicator.
Modern science and medicine have increasingly recognized the crucial role of nutrition and dietetics in the recovery of hospitalized patients. Proper nutrition aids in faster recovery following surgical or medical treatments. Our clinical nutritionists perform accurate therapeutic nutritional analyses to address deficiencies caused by illness or trauma. They then prescribe customized, nutritionally balanced diets to support speedy patient recovery. Additionally, they counsel and motivate individuals with lifestyle-related issues such as obesity, underweight, or malnutrition by providing diet plans tailored to BMI, sex, age, and height..
Importance of Nutrition for Hospitalized Patients:
- Providing adequate and appropriate nutrition to patients.
- Assessing food intake and motivating patients to eat healthily.
- Disseminating nutrition knowledge through discussions, lectures, and diet charts.
- Ensuring quality food service with diverse, appealing options to promote physical and mental health.
- Meeting patients to assess and plan diets according to food habits, allergies/intolerances, biomedical parameters, and disease conditions.
- Providing well-balanced diets, including all food groups in proper proportions to avoid nutritional deficiencies.
- Maintaining good interpersonal relations between patients and staff.
- Sensitizing kitchen personnel to nutrition, health, hygiene, and sanitation for the preparation of health-conducive food products.
1. IPD Nutrition & Diet Management:
1. Daily visits to all wards, including ICUs and CCUs, to assess nutrition requirements and intake, closing any gaps to ensure faster recovery.
2. Reducing the number of ICU and hospital stay days by providing appropriate nutrition.
3. Ensuring the right density and consistency of food for ICU/CCU patients, especially those on NIL BY MOUTH orders.
2. OPD Nutrition & Diet Management:
1. One-on-one therapeutic diet counseling.
2. Addressing all diet-related queries and providing customized diet plans.
3. Offering body composition analysis charts to aid in weight management.
3. Onco Day Care:
Daily rounds in Onco Daycare to provide diet counseling tailored to the specific needs of oncology patients, helping them overcome nutritional deficiencies.
A clinical Nutritionist is well qualified to plan the diet in below mentioned specific areas:
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Renal Diseases
- Oncology
- Cardiac Diseases
- Hepatic Diseases
- Pregnancy & Lactation
- Gastrointestinal Diseases
- Pre-operative & Post-Operative Conditions
- Diet for ICU (Critically ill patients)
- Road Traffic Accidents, Ortho patients, or any patient with special needs.
- Paediatrics
- High Uric Acid
- Low Vitamin K Diet
- High Protein, Calcium-rich
The Nutrition and Dietetics Department is dedicated to providing comprehensive nutritional care, ensuring patients receive the best possible support for their recovery and overall health.
