AIIMS will now serve boiled eggs, gram, fruits and healthy things in the canteen

While deep-fried snacks have always been a popular snacking option among Indians, the ill-effects of consuming high-fat foods are raising an alarm among the health-conscious. Till now, the canteen of AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) had limited options of common fried snacks like samosas and kachoris. India’s premier medical institute has now decided to include healthy food items in its cafeteria and hostel mess. On Wednesday, February 8, 2023, AIIMS issued an order to include healthy items in the food menu.

AIIMS sent a communication in this regard to the Chairman of the Cafeteria Management Committee. AIIMS director M Srinivas said, “The existing menu of the cafeteria and hostel mess at the institute offers very limited and traditional food options like ‘samosa’, ‘kachori’ and bread ‘pakoda’, which are considered unhealthy food items.”

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The AIIMS canteen serves healthy food items like boiled eggs, milk, sprouts, boiled gram, fruit salad, vegetarian salad, fresh uncut fruits and fresh fruit juices as well as microwavable ready-to-made food items. Requires 2-3 minutes to cook. Like ‘Upma’, ‘Poha’ etc. (Their rates can be fixed accordingly).

Explaining the reason behind taking the decision, the communication issued by AIIMS said, “The faculty, resident doctors, nursing officers and other staff members working at AIIMS, New Delhi are involved in patient care and require healthy food. disease resistance.”

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Instructions have been given to start serving all healthy food items in Surgical Block Cafeteria, MCH Block Cafeteria and all other cafeterias within seven days of issue of the letter.