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M.V. Hospital for Diabetes - Annual Oration and Lifetime Achievement Award
Posted on: 14/Mar/2011 2:09:46 AM
M.V. Hospital for Diabetes, Royapuram, Chennai the most renowned name for Diabetes and Diabetes Research in South India, today organized the 20th edition of DRC Gold Medal Oration award. In 1988, late Prof. M.Viswanathan as the President of Diabetes Research centre has instituted the DRC Gold Medal Oration Award. This award is conferred every year on a distinguished Scientist from the field of medicine and another award Prof. M.Viswanathan Gold Medal Oration Award has been instituted by the Scientific Committee of the DRC honoring a distinguished doctor and it is conferred every year along with DRC Gold Medal.
His Excellency, the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri. Surjit Singh Barnala, gave away the “Lifetime Achievement Award” to Dr. S.S.Badrinath, Chairman Emeritus, Sankara Nethralaya for the pioneering work done in the field of eye care. In his address Dr. Vijay Viswanathan, Managing Director, M.V. Hospital for Diabetes, Royapuram, Chennai said that the M.V.Hospital for Diabetes has been developing partnerships with the region in order to achieve the WHO’s action plan to prevent and control non communicable diseases. He mentioned about the partnerships with CBSE to reduce the childhood obesity and the partnership with the Govt. of Tamilnadu to train the doctors in diabetes prevention. He also mentioned that over 2000 doctors have been trained all over the country in prevention of diabetes and its complications.
In Prof.M.Viswanathan Gold Medal oration 2010 Dr. Shanthi Mendis, Coordinator of the Cardiovascular Program and Global Program for Prevention and Management of Non Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, said, “India is fast becoming the diabetes capital in the world, with an increasing number of diabetic patients. It has been estimated that India has more than 50 million people with diabetes in 2010, which is expected to rise to over 85 million by 2030. Such a situation has enormous social and financial implications for both the nation and the diabetic patients. Added to this, the amount of physical pain caused due to the associated complications of diabetes such as foot problems, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetic retinopathy and nephropathy is enormous, resulting in heavy loss of productivity and income. Statistics indicate that the mortality rate due to diabetes is considerably higher than the mortality rate due to HIV”.
So, prevention of diabetes is the major issue today for which all the stake holders must put in their concerted efforts to reduce the impact of diabetes in India and people must be educated about healthy lifestyle. The importance of regular exercise and proper diet to prevent diabetes must be stressed among the population.
Prof. Shiv Kumar Sarin, Chairman, Medical Council of India, also delivered the DRC Gold Medal Oration 2010 and talked about the importance of fatty liver and its progression to liver cancer. He stressed on the importance of the proper lifestyle on preventing this condition.
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