DIETETICS

About

Digestive Diseases & Clinical Nutrition department is providing patient care successfully at Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Cancer Centre and Homi Baba Cancer Hospital, Varanasi since November 2018. The Digestive Diseases & Clinical Nutrition department provide nutrition counseling in treating patients on an IPD basis, including in ICU, Adult and Pediatric - surgical ward, Chemotherapy ward, Radiotherapy ward, BMT ward as well as OPD patients.

Daily ward rounds are taken by the dieticians in their respective wards and diet is prescribed/implemented in consultation with the doctors. Individual diet counselling along with diet chart is provided to indoor as well as outdoor patients.

The services provided by the department include:

Total Parenteral nutrition therapy consultations and TPN formulations are manufactured as per the clinical requirements for both In and Out patients. The department performed patient’s nutritional assessment, dietary requirement and counselling. The department regularly collects dietary feedback regarding acceptance and tolerance of the diet by the patients. The department is also involved in overall supervision of staff cafeteria.

Research & Educational Activities:

The department supports research and educational activities for the development and growth of employees.

Education

• • Onco-physiotherapy training.

Research

• Ongoing Projects: 03