‘In India, 50% people with diabetes are not even aware they have the condition’
In his recently-published memoir, ‘Making Excellence a Habit’, Dr V Mohan recalls his experience of setting up one of the world’s largest chains of diabetes centres, Dr Mohan’s Group of Diabetes Institutions that began as a single clinic in 1991 and now has over 52 branches across 32 cities.
Synopsis
Dr V Mohan began researching on diabetes with his father, Prof. M. Viswanathan, when he was just 18.
India is home to 77 million people with diabetes and 80 million people with prediabetes. By 2030, the diabetic population in the country is close to hitting the mark of 101 million. Studies show that almost every Indian past the age of 50 is a diabetic unless proven otherwise, and at this rate it could become the next diabetes capital of the world soon, overtaking China. Dr V Mohan, who has done some stellar work over the last five decades in
