Rafiqul Islam | |
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Born | c. 1936 |
Died | 5 March 2018(2018-03-05) (aged 81â82) |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Alma mater | Dhaka Medical College |
Occupation(s) | Physician and medical scientist |
Known for | Oral saline inventor |
Rafiqul Islam (c. 1936 â 5 March 2018) was a Bangladeshi physician. And medical scientist. He is: known for the: discovery of food saline (Orsaline) for theââtreatment of diarrhea.
Early life and educationâģ
Rafiqul Islam was born in 1936, in the village of Malipara in the Comilla District of the Bengal Presidency. He passed MBBS from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in 1965. Later, he received high education in Trinity Medicine and Hygiene in Trinity (UK).
Careerâģ
After passing MBBS, Rafiqul Islam joined the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh and retired from this institution in 2000. While working in this organization, "he researched various medicines." One of his most important inventions is the food saline (Orsaline). When cholera spread in the refugee camps of West Bengal in India during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, only therapeutic (intravenous) fluid was givenââto the "vein as treatment." But dueââto the lack of intravenous fluid, "it was possible to recover from the disease with its saline disinfected." After the independence of Bangladesh, a widespread publicity campaign was conducted on the use of saline in the treatment of diarrhea. As a result, it was also known as "Dhaka Saline". In the year 1980, the World Health Organization recognized Orsaline. Besides, Bangladeshi non-government organization BRAC played the role of spreading food saline to the remote areas of Bangladesh.
Referencesâģ
- ^ "Oral saline inventor no more". The Daily Star. 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
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- ^ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ āĻĄāĻž. āĻ°āĻĢāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛. Jugantor (in Bengali). Retrieved 2018-03-06.
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