Nutrition And Dietetics
Department Profile
Nutrition and Dietetics Department of the hospital aims to achieve highest quality nutritional care for all our clients of all ages and stages of life. We provide nutrition therapy for prophylactic (prevention), and treatment of diet related disease conditions such as; Diabetes, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, Liver disease, gestational diabetes, obesity, malnutrition, peptic ulcer, cancer, etc.
Our services include:-
OUTPATIENT SERVICE: The department offers dietary counseling to patients referred from various outpatients’ clinics like Medical, Surgical, and General outpatients departments, as well as, antenatal, paediatrics, and physiotherapy units.
- INPATIENT SERVICE: The department provides dietary counseling to inpatients referred from various wards
- Nutrition Education talks at outpatient’s clinics such as antenatal, medical, paediatric outpatients departments, as well as, sickle cell clinic.
Food demonstration classes on complementary feeding for infants 6 months and above at Immunisation Clinic.DEPARTMENTAL WOKING DAYSMonday – Friday
8am – 4pm
PERSONNEL
The department has 3 members of staff who are registered dietitian-nutritionist (RDN).
Mrs. A.D.Kuti-Bamiro
Head of Department.