Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Dilip Mahalanabis (whanau i te Noema 12, 1934) he taote tamariki Inia e mohiotia ana mo te paionia i te whakamahinga o te rongoa rehydration waha ki te 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 roto i te
Bangladesh pakanga mo te herekore i arahi ia i nga mahi a te Johns Hopkins Center i whakaatu i te kaha whakaora ora o te rongoa rehydration waha i te wa i puta ai te mate pukupuku i te tau 1971 i waenga i nga rerenga mai i East Bengal (inaianei ko Bangladesh) i tono whakarurutanga ki West Bengal.