Who Made the ORS Solution? The Story of Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis and a Global Health Breakthrough
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Oral rehydration therapy (ORS) has saved an estimated 70 million lives since its widespread adoption in the late 1970s, according to Our World in Data. This monumental medical advancement, lauded by *The Lancet* as one of the 20th century's most important, owes its recognition and practical application to the heroic and unorthodox actions of Indian pediatrician Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis.
