Therapeutic Nutrition
Cape Gate Dietitians offers nutrition support at Cape Gate Mediclinic as well as Intercare subacute hospital at Tygervalley.
Services offered while in hospital include:
- Nutritional screening and intervention in ICU and High Care units
- Implementation of tube or intravenous feeds when oral intake is not possible
- Oral supplementation during periods of decreased intake or increased nutritional needs in cases such as: cancer, surgery, trauma etc
- Dietary and lifestyle counseling for pregnancy, diabetes, high blood pressure, food intolerance and allergies etc