He had hit the headlines during the Liberation War in Bangladesh in 1971, when the doctor saved thousands of lives with the oral rehydration solution during an outbreak of cholera.
Dilip Mahalanabis, a pioneer in oral rehydration therapy who saved thousands of lives from cholera outbreak at a refugee relief camp during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971, passed away at a private hospital in Kolkata yesterday (October 17, 2022) at the age of 87, PTI reported citing sources.
Dilip Mahalanabis, whose Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) saved numerous lives during the 1971 Liberation war of Bangladesh, passed away in Kolkata on Sunday, a local media report said.
Iconic Indian pediatrician, Dilip Mahalanabis, who pioneered the use of oral rehydration theory for treatment of diarrhoeal diseases and development of ORS, died at city-based hospital in Kolkata on Sunday. He was 88.His family sources said .