Kolkata, Jan 25 (Ians) Iconic paediatrician late Dilip Mahalanabis, who pioneered the use of Oral Rehydration Solution (Ors) for the treatment of diarrhoeal diseases, finally got national recognition on Wednesday, though posthumously.
Mahalanabis, who passed away at the age 88 in October last year, was on Wednesday named in the list six Padma Vibhushan awardees. Of the six names featuring in the list, three will be receiving it posthumously — Mahalanabis, Mulayam Singh Yadav and renowned architect Balkrishna Doshi.
Mahalanabis passed away at a Kolkata hospital on October 16 last year following a number of age-related ailments, including lungs problems.
He had been widely admired by the medical fraternity as the pioneer of Ors, an alternative to intravenous rehydration therapy for prevention and treatment of dehydration from diarrhoea in an emergency situation when intravenous therapy is not available.
As per the estimates of the World Health Organization (Who), oral rehydration theory is estimated to have saved over 60 million lives.
Mahalanabis, who passed away at the age 88 in October last year, was on Wednesday named in the list six Padma Vibhushan awardees. Of the six names featuring in the list, three will be receiving it posthumously — Mahalanabis, Mulayam Singh Yadav and renowned architect Balkrishna Doshi.
Mahalanabis passed away at a Kolkata hospital on October 16 last year following a number of age-related ailments, including lungs problems.
He had been widely admired by the medical fraternity as the pioneer of Ors, an alternative to intravenous rehydration therapy for prevention and treatment of dehydration from diarrhoea in an emergency situation when intravenous therapy is not available.
As per the estimates of the World Health Organization (Who), oral rehydration theory is estimated to have saved over 60 million lives.
- 1/25/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, former External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, and tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were conferred the Padma Vibhushan on the occasion of Republic Day 2023.
Other recipients of the country’s second highest civilian award are eminent architect Balkrishna Doshi – who just passed away on Tuesday, Doctor Dilip Mahalanabis, who pioneered the wide use of Ors (Oral Rehydration Solution) that is estimated to have saved over 5 crore lives globally, and Indian American mathematician S R Srinivas Varadhan.
This year, 106 Padma Awards, including to 3 duos (where the award is counted as one), have been conferred. Apart from the 6 Padma Vibhushans, including three posthumous, there are 9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri awardees. These include 19 women and two foreigners/Nri/Pio/OCIs. Four other Padma Bhushan/Padma Shri awardees are posthumous.
Among the Padma Bhushan winners are businessman Kumar Mangalam Birla, Kannada writer S L Bhyrappa, singers Vani Jairam and Suman Kalyanpur,...
Other recipients of the country’s second highest civilian award are eminent architect Balkrishna Doshi – who just passed away on Tuesday, Doctor Dilip Mahalanabis, who pioneered the wide use of Ors (Oral Rehydration Solution) that is estimated to have saved over 5 crore lives globally, and Indian American mathematician S R Srinivas Varadhan.
This year, 106 Padma Awards, including to 3 duos (where the award is counted as one), have been conferred. Apart from the 6 Padma Vibhushans, including three posthumous, there are 9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri awardees. These include 19 women and two foreigners/Nri/Pio/OCIs. Four other Padma Bhushan/Padma Shri awardees are posthumous.
Among the Padma Bhushan winners are businessman Kumar Mangalam Birla, Kannada writer S L Bhyrappa, singers Vani Jairam and Suman Kalyanpur,...
- 1/25/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
"How accidental our existences are, how full of influence by circumstance." Abramorama has revealed the new 2022 official trailer for My Architect, a documentary film from 2003 that is getting a re-release this year. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in 2004, after premiering at film festivals in 2003. My Architect is getting a restoration re-release this year, 19 years later, just one year shy of its 20th anniversary. Director Nathaniel Kahn searches to understand the complexities of his father, the renowned architect Louis Kahn, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974. The film has interviews with many architects including B.V. Doshi, Philip Johnson, Frank Gehry, Shamsul Wares, I.M. Pei, Moshe Safdie, and Anne Tyng. In the film, Kahn visits all of his father's buildings including The Yale Center for British Art, The Salk Institute, Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, and the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. This looks like a fascinating story that is about...
- 10/19/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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