00:00That's Dr Sivaranjani Santosh, the woman whose eight-year fight has saved millions of children's
00:10lives. She's a pediatrician from Hyderabad who in 2015 noticed something alarming.
00:30When she checked those drinks, she found they weren't real ORS at all, but sugary flavored
00:36beverages sold as medicine. They contain nearly 10 times more sugar than the WHO's safe formula.
00:42A GIP MER graduate with 18 years of experience in child health, she works at Magna Center, Hyderabad.
01:03Dr Sivaranjani is the author of Baby and Child Care and has received the Times of India Rising Star Award,
01:082017, Visionary and Preventive Pediatrics Awards 2024 and 2025.
01:18By 2018, she took her fight online through Instagram Reels, teaching parents how to mix
01:23real ORS and warning them, those flavored drinks aren't medicine.
01:31Dr Sivaranjani wrote to regulators, challenged big companies and in September 2024, filed a PIL in the
01:38Tilangana High Court against the Health Ministry, FSSAI and pharma giants. She raised the issue everywhere,
01:45knocking on every door until finally FSSAI listened in October 2025.
01:54Today, Dr Sivaranjani continues her mission, urging people to flag any misleading ORS labels they see
02:01and trained parents in CPR and first aid. Over 12,000 trained so far across Tilangana,
02:07Andhra Pradesh and Bengaluru. It took one woman eight long years and hundreds of ignored letters
02:13to protect millions of children. I think I had to do this. I was meant to do this.
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