Dilip Mahalanabis was an Indian paediatrician known for pioneering the use of oral rehydration therapy to treat diarrhoeal diseases.
12 Facts About Dilip Mahalanabis
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From 1975 to 1979, Dilip Mahalanabis worked in cholera control for the World Health Organization in Afghanistan, Egypt and Yemen.
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In 1983, Dilip Mahalanabis was made a member of the WHO's Diarrhoeal Diseases Control Programme.
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Dilip Mahalanabis remained in that role for over five years.
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Dilip Mahalanabis was associated with Kolkata's National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases and the Institute of Child Health.
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Dilip Mahalanabis was born on November 12,1934 in Kishoreganj district of Bengal Province of British India.
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Dilip Mahalanabis graduated from the Calcutta Medical College as a paediatrician in 1958 after working there as an intern.
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Dilip Mahalanabis used an oral rehydration solution using locally available ingredients and with minimum number of ingredients consisting of 22g glucose, 3.5g sodium chloride, 2.5g sodium hydrogencarbonate per litre of water.
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Dilip Mahalanabis worked as a consultant on bacterial diseases for the WHO during the 1980s.
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In 1994, Dilip Mahalanabis was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Dilip Mahalanabis died at a private hospital in West Bengal, Kolkata on 16 October 2022, at the age of 87.
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Dilip Mahalanabis was suffering from lung infection and other old age related ailments.