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VISIT TO CK BIRLA HOSPITAL
On 8th march,2019, students of Clinical nutrition and Dietetics, Sem 4 visited the dietetics department of CK Birla hospital. They reached the hospital around 10:30 am by college bus where they were received by the chief dietitian Dr. Priti Vijay.
She accompanied the students throughout the visit and took them to the hospital kitchen and pantry. She showcased the methods of preparing efficient standard diet charts for patients in the therapeutic section of kitchen. Every patient is issued a ticket for the day in which the individual food menu is mentioned. The food is prepared giving extra emphasis on hygiene which was monitored by the dieticians themselves. The kitchen also had an adjoining canteen where food was prepared and served to common people.
The kitchen had separate areas for everything including individual areas for cutting, chopping and grinding, cooking special dietary meals and a hot surface area for actual cooking process. The kitchen also had a walk-in refrigerator /cold storage. All the goods were received in the back area of the kitchen, where each and everything including food items and hot trolleys were cleaned thoroughly before introducing them into the main kitchen.
The kitchen followed a very strict cleaning process, whereby every utensil was cleaned for at least three times before serving anything in it and nobody was allowed in the kitchen without any head covers.
The kitchen also had a strict salt free zone for Na restricted diets.
The session was intriguing as it gave an insight about the practical applications of what students had been studying since the past Semesters. It was followed by a Tea-Coffee break which was more of a brainstorming part amongst the Students about what they learnt and observed in the Kitchen.
After the break the students were taken across the standard wards and shown the patient records and information to be collected before planning the diets.
The students were further made aware about documentation to be carried out to convert patient’s requirement to the therapeutic diet prescribed.
Also on the account of International women’s day a session was organized by the hospital where gynecologist Dr Shikha Gupta and dietitian Dr Priti Vijay made the audience aware about the importance of health in every stage of a woman’s life and how to achieve it. The session ended with a health quiz and the distribution of gifts to the winners and cake cutting ceremony.
After which the students boarded the bus and were back to the university by 1 pm. The visit ended but the warmth of knowledge was something that was worth the entire bustle. The students were really happy to learn about the practical aspects of their subject.
