M.V. Hospital for Diabetes situated at Royapuram, Chennai, was established by late Prof. M. Viswanathan, Doyen of Diabetology in India in 1954 as a general hospital. In 1971 it became a hospital exclusively for diabetes care. Under Prof. M. Viswanathan's professional and administrative leadership, the hospital has grown to achieve the status of a teaching institution of international excellence. It has, at present, 100 beds for the treatment of diabetes and its complications. Over the years it has grown to be one of the largest referral centres for Diabetes, with 2,00,000 patients registered to-date. It is recognised as an internationally known tertiary care centre for referral of Diabetic patients requiring super-specialist is opinion and management.

We are committed to being an accredited leader of quality healthcare with a commitment to continuous quality improvement, setting new standards, providing curative, preventive, and evidence based medicine in an ethically based cost-effective environment using state-of-the-art technology. We strive to excel in anticipating and meeting our communities' needs, wants, and expectations in an environment conducive to teamwork.

List of Specialities/Departments:

• Diabetes Neuropathy Clinic
• State of Art Diagnostic Laboratory
• Impotence Clinic
• Pain Clinic for special problems in diabetic patients like frozen shoulder.
• Weight Management Clinic
• Department of Biochemistry
• Dept. of Biotechnology
• Department of Imaging

• Diabetes Care and education
• Diabetes Heart Evaluation
• Preventive Diabetes Foot Care (Podiatry)
• Diabetic Eye Care
• Appropriate Dental Care for diabetic patients
• Special Diabetes Counselling
• Nutrition and Diet Counselling
• Obesity and Lifestyle Counselling
• Special Yoga classes for diabetes control
• Trained Orthotist and complete In-House Footwear manufacturing Unit for special needs of diabetic patients with all types of foot problems
• Multi-disciplinary diabetic Foot clinic with all surgical experts
• Dia-Shoppe with products and medicines for diabetes treatment