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. Under Prof. M. Viswanathan's professional and administrative leadership, the hospital has grown to achieve the status of a teaching institution of international excellence. The hospital caters to people with Diabetes with various complications both as Inpatients and Outpatients. Over the years it has grown to be one of the largest referral centres for Diabetes, with more than 3,50,000 patients registered to-date.