Meal Service

Principles of meal planning, nutrition and diet therapy are translated into meals that are cooked, prepared and served at the NDD main kitchen.

Meals are provided to all in-patients with the following schedule of food delivery:

Additional food (Guest Tray) maybe requested through the nurse at an extra cost. Out-patient can also buy their food in the Division.

Special functions and food catering are also done in the Nutrition and Dietetics Division. Prices vary according to type of menu and food service requests.

Dietary Counseling and Education

In-patient and out-patient are individually counseled based on the prescribed diet.

Diet instruction and counseling is given free of charge to confined patients, while all Out-Patient are referred to the Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle Clinic and charged according to their pay and social service category.

The Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle Clinic is open Monday to Friday. Patients are entertained based on the First Come First Served Basis.

Training and Research Services

Training service pertain to updates on therapeutic diets given to newly hired medical residence, nursing staff, and dietary personnel.

Periodic in-service lecture programs are provided to all NDD employees in enhancing trifocal human resources development such as skill, knowledge and attitude.

NDD is also a training-arm thru the internship affiliation program it offers to student of nutrition in colleges and universities.