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Dr Vijay Viswanathan
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Diabetologist and Director of MV Hospital for Diabetes, Chennai was honoured by American Diabetes Association with the 1st Vivian Fonseca Scholar award. The award has been given in recognition of the work done by him and the hospital in the field of diabetology and the research carried out by the institute, especially on ‘Diabetology & TB Connection in India.’
The Institute has also recently tied up with CBSE for a diabetic prevention programme for students. The Institute has developed a special treatment based on research findings for those diabetics who suffered from tuberculosis. The Institute has also developed a diabetic foot care.
Prof M Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, which is a WHO collaborating centre, is also recognised by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (Govt. of India) as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) and has been actively involved in scientific and academic research activities to address the problem of diabetes and its associated complications. The MV Hospital for Diabetes and its research centre has been initiating several community-based educational and screening programmes to educate and identify people with high risk of diabetes.
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