Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Dilip Mahalanabis (whanau i te Noema 12, 1934) he taakuta tamariki Inia e mohiotia ana mo te paionia i te whakamahinga o te maimoatanga rehydration waha hei whakaora i nga mate rewharewha. I waenganui o nga tau 1960 i rangahau ia mo te mate pukupuku me etahi atu mate rewharewha i te Johns Hopkins International Center for Medical Research and Training i Calcutta, India. I te pakanga o Bangladesh mo te herekore
I ārahi ia i te kaha o te Whare Johns Hopkins i whakaatu i te whai huatanga whakaora ora o te maimoatanga rehydration waha i te wa i puta ai te mate pukupuku i te tau 1971 i waenga i nga rerenga mai i East Bengal (i Bangladesh inaianei) i tono whakarurutanga ki West Bengal.