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Department overview
Nutrition is an essential part of patient care. At Nirmal Hospital Private Limited, Surat, our Clinical Dietetics & Nutrition team provides individualised dietary assessment, therapeutic diet planning and counselling to support medical treatment, recovery and everyday wellbeing. Our dietitians work with treating doctors, nursing teams and hospital food services to provide coordinated nutrition care. Whether a patient is admitted to the hospital or attending an outpatient consultation, our focus is on making dietary recommendations clear, practical and suited to individual needs.
Clinical Dietetics & Nutrition focuses on assessing individual nutritional needs and providing personalised dietary care in coordination with the treating medical team. Services include nutritional assessment, therapeutic diet planning, inpatient and outpatient counselling, diabetes and metabolic nutrition, cardiac and renal nutrition, maternal and child nutrition, critical care and tube-feeding support, and dietary guidance during recovery. The department also coordinates therapeutic meals and hospital food services at Nirmal Hospital Private Limited, Surat, including its Adajan and Ring Road units.
Clinical dietetics
Clinical dietetics involves assessing a person’s nutritional needs and adapting their diet according to their health condition and treatment requirements. It considers more than food choices alone—medical history, appetite, food tolerance, prescribed restrictions, lifestyle and usual eating habits all help shape a nutrition plan.
Our dietitians translate these requirements into practical meal guidance, helping patients and caregivers understand what to eat, how to plan meals and how to follow dietary advice at home.
Where to visit
Nirmal Super Speciality Hospital, LP Savani Road, Adajan, Surat, Gujarat 395009
Campus details →Nutrition services
Our dietitians review dietary intake, eating patterns, nutritional concerns and relevant clinical information to identify the patient’s needs. An individualised plan is then developed, taking into account medical advice, food preferences and practical considerations.
Plans are reviewed as the patient’s condition, appetite or treatment requirements change.
For patients admitted to the hospital, the dietetics team assesses nutritional needs, plans prescribed diets and monitors food intake and tolerance.
The team coordinates with doctors, nurses and kitchen staff to communicate diet orders, address meal-related concerns and support appropriate dietary care throughout admission.
Outpatient consultations provide personalised guidance for patients who need help following a therapeutic diet or improving their eating habits.
Counselling focuses on achievable changes, familiar foods and practical meal planning. Patients and caregivers receive explanations that help them apply recommendations in their daily routine.
Dietary counselling helps patients understand meal planning, portions and food choices in relation to their prescribed treatment. Recommendations are adapted to their routine and nutritional needs, with emphasis on consistency and sustainable habits.
Patients with cardiac conditions receive dietary guidance aligned with their treating doctor’s recommendations. Counselling addresses suitable food choices, meal preparation and prescribed dietary restrictions.
Nutrition plans for patients with kidney disorders are individualised according to their clinical condition and medical advice. Our dietitians help patients and caregivers understand prescribed restrictions and plan suitable meals.
Our team provides dietary counselling related to pregnancy, breastfeeding and childhood nutritional needs. Guidance considers the individual’s stage of life, food intake and clinical requirements.
For patients requiring tube feeding, dietitians work with the treating team to plan and coordinate prescribed nutritional support. They monitor nutritional needs and feeding tolerance and communicate concerns to the clinical team.
Patients may need changes to their diet during illness or after treatment. Our dietitians help plan meals according to appetite, tolerance and prescribed instructions, with guidance for continuing nutritional care after discharge.
Counselling helps patients and families understand the reasons behind dietary recommendations. Discussions may include food selection, meal timing, preparation methods, prescribed restrictions and practical ways to follow a diet at home.
Coordinated care
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Understand the patient’s health condition, dietary intake and nutritional concerns.
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Develop an individualised diet in coordination with the treating team.
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Explain recommendations in clear language using practical food and meal examples.
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Review intake, tolerance and changing nutritional requirements.
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Provide guidance to help patients and caregivers continue the prescribed diet after discharge.
Hospital nutrition
Our dietetics team works closely with hospital food services to coordinate therapeutic menus, diet instructions and meal delivery. This includes monitoring food-service hygiene, reviewing patient feedback and following up on meal-related concerns.
Coordination between the clinical and food-service teams helps ensure that prescribed dietary requirements are communicated and implemented.
Hospital nutrition
Both our Adajan and Ring Road units have dedicated in-house hospital kitchens, providing freshly prepared meals tailored to patients’ nutritional needs and prescribed dietary requirements.
Our kitchens cater to a wide range of dietary requirements, including regular, soft, liquid, RTF (Ryle’s tube feeding), diabetic, renal and Jain diets, along with other therapeutic diets as prescribed. Meals and beverages are served according to each patient’s diet order, food tolerance and medical restrictions.
Our dietitians work closely with the treating doctors, nursing teams and kitchen staff to plan therapeutic menus, communicate diet instructions and monitor meal suitability, food-service hygiene and patient feedback. This coordination supports personalised nutrition care throughout the hospital stay.
Diet counselling
A dietitian consultation may be useful when you:
Our team
Senior Clinical Dietitian
B.Sc. in Food Science & Nutrition — SNDT, 2014 Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Dietetics — SNDT, 2015 Postgraduate Diploma in Hospital & Healthcare Management — Symbiosis, 2020
Clinical Dietitian
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Food Science & Nutrition — Vanita Vishram Women's University, Surat, 2018–2021
Clinical Dietitian
B.Sc. in Food Science & Nutrition / Home Science — Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, 2023 Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics — Vanita Vishram Women's University, Surat, 2023–2024
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For personalised dietary assessment and counselling, contact the appointment desk at Nirmal Hospital Private Limited, Surat.