Synopsis: Dr Sivaranjani’s battle was like watching an Olympic athlete finish a race in two minutes—you only see the victory, not the years of struggle behind it. What people don’t realise is that her fight spanned eight years, and for most of it, she stood alone.

Eight years is not a short period, especially when it is a lonely struggle against corporate giants.

During her eight-year war on misleading ORS companies, Dr Sivaranjani Santosh saw many ups and downs, even a misinformation campaign, some even targeting her personally. Undeterred, she soldiered on.

Her battle was a reality that highlighted both social media’s power to amplify important medical battles and its darker role in disproportionately targeting women doctors who dared to speak up.

At the second edition of South Fir

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