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Rehabilitation
Service Departments : 
      
Support
Teams :



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Dietetic
and Catering Department
| Department Head : |
Ms. Elizabeth Leung |

Department Background
Our department provides dietetic and catering services to three hospitals at
Sandy
Bay
, including Tung Wah Group of
Hospitals
Fung Yiu King
Hospital
, MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre and The Duchess of Kent Children’s Hospital.
Since the Dietetic and Catering services of the three hospitals merged in
November 2003, our team consists of a Dietitian in-charge, Head Chefs, Cooks,
Clerk, Workmen,Technical Service Assistants and General Service Assistants.
Missions
- To provide dietetic services to patients
with different medical concerns
- To serve appropriate and safe food
according to the standards of the Hospital Authority Dietetic Manual
Scope
of Services
(1)
Dietetic service
Service
Targets
- Inpatients
- Day
patients
- Elderly in
Old Age Homes that are under the care of the Community Geriatrics
Assessment Team (CGAT)
Objectives
- Enhance
rehabilitation through food and nutrition, hence reduce health care costs
- Promote
healthy eating to improve overall health and quality of life of patients
Main
responsibilities
Individualized nutritional screening and assessment will be
conducted for patients with different dietary concerns. Based on their
nutritional needs, tailor-made nutrition interventions will be delivered,
monitored and reviewed periodically.
Patient, diagnosed with diabetes, renal disease, elevated
blood lipid levels, hypertension etc., will receive individual nutrition
counseling together with their relative(s) or care-taker(s) if needed.
Nutrition care plans and relevant booklets/ pamphlets are provided.
Dietitian will give up-to-date nutrition information in
nutrition seminars and health promoting activities.
(2)
Catering service
Service
Targets
Objectives
- Serve a
variety of food to meet nutritional needs of patients
- Practice
all safety and sanitation rules and maintain food safety standards
Main
responsibilities
Our department supplies three meals a day plus snacks to
patients staying at the
Sandy
Bay
hospitals. In
addition to regular diets, special diets are given to patients with therapeutic
needs. We use the “Dietetic & Catering Management System” developed by the
Hospital Authority for patient meals ordering. All preparation and plating of
meals are centralized at
Fung Yiu King
Hospital
then distributed to different hospital wards in meal carts. Central dish
washing services are also provided for all
Sandy
Bay
hospitals.
Besides regular meals, special diets in different textures
are also available at the
Sandy
Bay
hospitals:
Special Diets |
Textures |
- Diabetic
- High
Protein/High Calorie
- Low
fat/Low cholesterol
- Protein
Restricted
- Low
Phosphorus
- Low
Potassium
- Low Purine
- Low
Sodium
- Low
fiber
- Vegetarian
meals
- Western
meals
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- Regular
- Soft
- Pureed
- Full
Fluid
- Semi-Fluid
- Clear
Fluid
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- Service for Private
wards
In order to meet the diversified needs of patients, private
meal service is available for patients in MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre and The Duchess of Kent Children’s Hospital. In
response to this new service, our department has designed customized menu to
meet different preferences.
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