dehydrate

Once matured, they were dehydrated to preserve them and then attached to custom electronic circuits.

Except, in recent months images have emerged showing weak, dehydrated children - some as young as seven - hooked up to intravenous drips.

It’s the closest stop for injured hikers and dehydrated tourists visiting Whitney or nearby Death Valley, which regularly receives more than 1 million visitors per year.

But on this trek he had lost his pack and was at the mercy of the elements ever since, hungry, dehydrated and shivering under a bed of needles.

Dr Anand said surgery could not be performed immediately as the baby was dehydrated, malnourished and first had to be stabilised.