Sandstone quarry in Rajasthan with airborne silica dust

Occupational lung disease · Rajasthan mining belt

Find silicosis while the lungs can still be saved.

Up to 79% of sandstone workers in Karauli, Jodhpur, Dausa and Bhilwara carry silicosis, and most are treated for tuberculosis instead. This is a field-camp screening kit, worker registry and referral pathway in one.

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Workers registered

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Flagged High / Critical

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Referrals raised

A screening camp in four steps

STEP 1

Portable spirometry

A ₹4,000 Bluetooth turbine spirometer records FEV1, FVC and ratio in three blows — no clinic, no power supply.

STEP 2

AI chest-sound analysis

A 30-second digital-stethoscope recording is scored on-device for the fine crackles typical of early nodular silicosis.

STEP 3

Exposure-weighted risk flag

Years in dust, task type, mask use and symptoms combine with the readings into a Low → Critical flag.

STEP 4

One-tap referral

High and Critical cases route to the nearest District Pneumoconiosis Board with the record pre-filled for the certification portal.