Activities

Diet Counselling to Inpatients and Out-Patients (April 2023 - March 2024) Diet counselling was provided to Inpatients and Out-Patients of various Departments like Endocrinology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Diabetic Clinic and Oncology as per the data given below:

Month No of In-Patient Counselled No of Out-Patient Counselled Total no of patients counselled
April 2023 282 305 587
May 2023 274 220 494
June 2023 294 218 512
July 2023 295 225 520
August 2023 314 176 490
September 2023 309 276 585
October 2023 304 206 510
November 2023 298 289 587
December 2023 287 223 510
January 2024 295 239 534
February 2024 278 310 588
March 2024 280 260 540
Total Diet Counselling 3510 2947 6457

Statistics of Diet supplied for the year April 2023-March 2024:

Month ND M&B FD HP(NV) HP (V) DD HCD R&C BD SD TOTAL
April 23 1844 0 10794 27353 445 6168 2 137 58 610 47411
May 23 1999 0 11381 28130 543 6627 23 105 65 676 49549
June 23 2295 0 11012 27646 571 6727 14 113 34 551 48963
July 23 2313 0 11433 29035 488 7162 3 177 56 559 51226
August 23 2183 0 11649 28259 483 7080 2 102 42 672 50472
September 23 2132 0 10993 27988 495 7114 9 147 22 749 49649
October 23 2327 0 11607 28811 579 6899 7 82 36 803 51151
November 23 2369 0 11093 27116 463 6917 7 125 46 754 48890
December 23 2664 0 11140 27976 511 7331 6 113 49 702 50492
January 24 2657 2 11238 27302 526 6826 6 68 32 709 49366
February 24 2277 0 10478 25876 551 6635 18 76 17 604 46532
March 24 2522 2 11197 27057 580 7232 25 61 11 721 49408
Total 27581 4 134015 332549 6235 82718 122 1306 468 8110 593109
  • ND - Normal Diet
  • M&B - Milk and bread
  • LD - Liquid Diet
  • HP (NV) - High Protein (Non-Vegetarian)
  • HP (V) - High Protein (Vegetarian)
  • DD -Diabetic Diet
  • HCD - High-Calorie Diet
  • R&C - Rice & Curd
  • BD - Bland Diet
  • SD - Soft Diet

 “Rastriya Poshan Maah” (National Nutrition Month) 2023

To celebrate Rastriya Poshan Maah 2023, a program was organized by the Department of Dietetics (JIPMER), Puducherry, under the leadership of the Director, Medical Superintendent, Deputy Director (Admin), and Additional Medical Superintendent at Super Speciality Block Auditorium on 30th September. The Director of JIPMER inaugurated it. The theme of Poshan Maah this year is “Suposhit Bharat, Sakshar Bharat, Sashakt Bharat.’’

Continuing Nutrition Education (CNE) was conducted on the theme “Healthy diet- Affordable for all,” in which Students from College of Nursing (JIPMER), Pondicherry University, Bharathidasan Government College for Women (BGCW), Mother Theresa Post Graduate & Research Institute of Health Sciences, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Art and science college, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College participated with remarkable enthusiasm, demonstrating their keen interest in the topic.

It also included a recipe and poster display competition for students as part of National Nutrition Month, followed by talks by eminent speakers in Nutrition Smt. Dr D Brighty (Asst Prof. BGCW), Prof.N. Sangeetha (Pondicherry University), Kavitha (Dietician, GH, Puducherry), Dr Pratima Agarwal Officer-in-charge of Dietetics (CMO, JIPMER), Mrs. D. Madhavi (Senior Dietician JIPMER), Mrs.R. Poonguzhaly (Senior Dietician, JIPMER). They emphasized the importance of nutrition and a healthy diet on this occasion.

 

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D.Kayakalp project: Swachhata abhiyan

Ensuring cleanliness, proper hygiene practices, white washing, proper illumination and regular condemnation of condemn items

  1. Installation of ten fly catchers and installation of two CCTV to ensure reduce wastage and cleanliness.
  2. As per the Kayakalp guidelines a scientifically designed pit was created near by the dietetics department for composting of organic waste which is used as an organic manure for plantations (eg. Green chillies, curry leaves).
  3. Landscaping and kitchen garden were created using unused land outside dietetics department, thus getting day to day vegetables (Curry leaves,plantens, green Chillies etc.) for kitchen usage and also achieved beautification outside dietetics department. Kayakalp team from the Central Govt visited and appreciated innovative gardening, activities carried out in the Dietetics department.
  4. Recycled sanitizer bottles for indoor plant purpose and distributed in different areas.

 

  1. Staff wellness programme-
  • Regular deworming of all the staff and stool testing for staff working in kitchen area was performed
  • Completed full HBsAg immunization of staff. Dietetics department received appreciation on 30th March 2021 from HICC for ensuring 100% HBsAg immunization among the staff of dietetics department.
  • Physical and clinical examinations and screening test if needed was done for staff.
  • Day to day attending and treating minor ailment of DRL/UDS and other staff of the department. Referring the required cases to the other department/specialty for needful and telephonically consulting related specialist for help.
  • Maintaining physical hygiene of all staff working in kitchen premises.
  1. Fire safety orientation programme

All the staff members of our department have attended the “Fire safety orientation programme” regular basis.

Last Updated :05-Jul-2024