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Dilip Mahalanabis
দিলীপ মহলানবিশ
Born
(1934-11-12)12 November 1934
Kishoreganj, Bengal Province, British India
Died
16 October 2022(2022-10-16) (aged 87)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality
Indian
Education
MBBS, DCH, MRCP (Edinburgh)
Alma mater
Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata
Known for
Development of oral rehydration solution
Awards
Pollin Prize (2002) Prince Mahidol Award (2006) Padma Vibhushan (posthumous, 2023)
Dilip Mahalanabis (12 November 1934 – 16 October 2022)[1] was an Indian paediatrician known for pioneering the use of oral rehydration therapy to treat diarrhoeal diseases.[2] Mahalanabis had begun researching oral rehydration therapy in 1966 as a research investigator for the Johns Hopkins University International Center for Medical Research and Training in Calcutta, India. During the Bangladeshi war for independence, he led the effort by the Johns Hopkins Center that demonstrated the dramatic life-saving effectiveness of oral rehydration therapy when cholera broke out in 1971 among refugees from East Bengal (now Bangladesh) who had sought asylum in West Bengal.[3][4][5][6][7] The simple, inexpensive Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) gained acceptance, and was later hailed as one of the most important medical advances of the 20th century.[3][5][8]
From 1975 to 1979, Mahalanabis worked in cholera control for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan, Egypt and Yemen. During the 1980s, he worked as a WHO consultant on research on the management of bacterial diseases.[5] In 1983, Mahalanabis was made a member of the WHO's Diarrhoeal Diseases Control Programme. He remained in that role for over five years.[4] He was also associated with Kolkata's National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) and the Institute of Child Health.[3][6]
^Green, Andrew (2022-11-26). "Dilip Mahalanabis". The Lancet. 400 (10366): 1842. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02367-4. ISSN 0140-6736. S2CID 253854817.
^ abcYengkhom, Sumati (17 October 2022). "Dilip Mahalanabis, father of ORS, passes away at 88 in Kolkata". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^ abRoy, Subhajoy (17 October 2022). "Doctor who gave life-saving solution no more". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^ abcMascarenhas, Anuradha (18 October 2022). "Dr Dilip Mahalanabis passes away: How he came up with ORS, which revolutionised diarrhoea treatment". The Indian Express. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^ ab"প্রয়াত দিলীপ মহলানবিশ (In Bangla: Dilip Mahalanabis dies)". Anandabazar Patrika. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^"The pioneer of ORS Dilip Mahalanabis passes away at 88 in Kolkata". Business Insider India. IANS. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^Johnson, Steven (2021). Extra Life (1st ed.). Riverhead Books. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-525-53885-1.
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