Oral rehydration salt solution (ORS) is a simple but great medical advancement, that has revolutionised the treatment of dehydration caused by diarrheal diseases, thus saving millions of lives, particularly in populations living in poor hygienic conditions where diarrheal diseases like Cholera are the main cause of death among children. 60% of infant and child deaths in places like Pakistan are due to diarrhoeal infections. In India 13% of children under 5 years of age die due to diarrhoea. “The Lancet” identified oral rehydration therapy (ORT) as “the most important medical advance of the 20th century”. Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis, the Indian paediatrician who pioneered the widespread use of Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS), was unofficially nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, but never f

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