Nutrition is an integral part of medical therapy as adequate nutritional support is essential to prevent an extended and complicated hospital stay.
Dietetics has been defined as the science and art of feeding individuals based on the principles of nutrition.
Dieticians play an important role in terms of managing the nutrition support of terminally ill patients.
GAIMS provide the round the clock dietitian counselling for OPD and IPD patient along with ANC patient.
GAIMS provide free of cost food to Indoor patient under the guidance of dietetics department.
Preventive Dietetics and Diet Counseling occupy an important place in modern health care. Dieticians play a major role in enteral and parenteral nutrition and in pre and post-operative care of surgical patients apart from conventional therapeutic dietetics.
Proper dietary care can greatly affect help in early recovery of the patient and thus determines the average length of patients hospital stay.