Tuesday 14 June 2011

Diabetes Research



M.V. Hospital for Diabetes (P) LTD. 
WHO Collaboration Center for Research, Education & Training in Diabetes 
                           M.V. Hospital working in tandem with WHO, launched a campaign on November 11,2007,titled “ campaign on prevention of childhood obesity and diabetes”. On this occasion a manual on prevention of childhood diabetes was released by Mr. Thangam Thennarasu, Honorable Minister of Education, Tamil Nadu and the recipient of the first copy was Mr. D. Jagannathan ,Director of school Education, Tamil Nadu .


.MV Hospital for diabetes & research center is WHO collaboration centre for diabetes in India and over the years it has grown to be one of the largest referral centers for diabetes, with 200,000 patients registered to-date. It is recognized as an international known tertiary care center for referral of diabetic patients requiring super-specialist opinion and management.



About M.V. Hospital for Diabetes (P) LTD, And Diabetes Research Center, Royapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
M.V. Hospital for Diabetes and Diabetes Research Centre, Royapuram, Chennai an ISO 9001-2000 certified organization .

Founder of the M.V. Hospitals, Prof. M .Viswanathan was known as the “Father of Diabetology” and his vision towards M.V. hospital to become one of the largest diabetes referral centers in Asia. Over the years M.V. Hospital has grown and registered over 2,00,000 patients to-date.

M.V. Hospital for Diabetes is also recognized as an internationally known tertiary care center for referral of diabetic patients requiring super-specialist opinion and management. The entire set up is a purpose built organization to provide modern services to the patients and their families.

The centre is also working hard to fulfill the mission statement of our Founder Director Prof. M. Viswanathan “To make every person with diabetes lead his normal span of life in perfect health.


The Terms of reference of the centre are:
·         To conduct epidemiological research in diabetes prevention at the community level, its complications and cardiovascular risk factors
·           To strengthen education and training in diabetes research, prevention and control.
·          To design and test on models of diabetes health care delivery system for developing countries in the region and contribute to activities of the national diabetes programme.



The WHO Collaborating centre has been actively involved in carrying out activities such as:                  
      
Conducting diabetes screening camps for the general population and for different occupational  groups such as bank employees, police officers, railway employees, software professionals, Marvadi Trust association members, etc.
Conducting training programmes on “Prevention on Diabetes” and “Management of Diabetes” to doctors within India and from abroad.



Diabetes Research Centre     
  

Sharing experiences with other WHO collaborating centres and SEARO, New Delhi.
On World Diabetes Day, 2007, Diabetes Research Centre released a manual on “Prevention of Childhood Obesity and Diabetes” and a poster showing ten rules for prevention of childhood obesity on November 11th, 2007. 


For creating awareness on primary prevention of diabetes among the public, a postal cover customized and carrying ten golden rules for primary prevention of diabetes by DRC was released on 6th April 2008, by the Principal Chief Post Master General, Tamil Nadu Circle.


WHOCC has taken up a major campaign on Primary Prevention of Diabetes with the Govt. of Tamil Nadu by training both rural and urban doctors. This is a structured training programme with basic and advanced level of training on the Primary Prevention of Diabetes.
        
Research and Wound Healing in Diabetes

An active collaboration is going on between the foot clinic at DRC and the CLRI in the field of wound healing. Different types of wound dressings and growth factors for wound healing are being studied in diabetic foot ulcers. 

These studies are being carried out under the able guidance of Dr. Mary Babu, Former Deputy Director, Head Biomaterials Division, CLRI, Chennai.








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