RRB Health & Malaria Inspector case studies
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The RRB Health & Malaria Inspector is a technical post in the Indian Railways health cadre, recruited through a Railway Recruitment Board computer-based test. The role is public-health work on railway premises: mosquito and vector surveillance, anti-malaria operations, sanitation inspection, water-supply safety, and health education for staff and families living in railway colonies. The RRB Health & Malaria Inspector case studies are 5 cases and about 3,165 words.
1Fever cluster in a railway construction colony
A railway construction colony of 240 households (population 1,150) reports 38 fever cases in 10 days during the monsoon. Of these, 11 are rapid diagnostic test positive for Plasmodium falciparum; two are admitted with drowsiness and vomiting.
657 words, about 3 min2Insecticide and squad planning for four IRS cycles
You are the malaria inspector for a division with 4,500 eligible houses for indoor residual spraying. The average plinth area is 55 m².
589 words, about 3 min3Jaundice cluster in railway staff quarters
Between 5 and 22 June, 11 cases of jaundice are reported among residents of railway staff quarters. Nine live in lanes 3–5, which are supplied from overhead tank T1; two live in lane 7, supplied by tank T2.
654 words, about 3 min4Vomiting outbreak after a railway school mid-day meal
At a railway school, 43 of 210 children aged 6–11 years develop vomiting, abdominal cramps and watery diarrhoea between 2 and 6 hours after the mid-day meal. Two children are drowsy with sunken eyes and poor skin turgor.
628 words, about 3 min5Station inspection with contaminated water and low staff participation
A railway station handles 18,000 passengers a day. During inspection you find: platform-3 drinking water tap has residual chlorine 0.1 mg/L and a coliform count of 12 per 100 mL; two of six overhead tanks have no locking arrangement; nine containers in the yard hold water and show mosquito larvae; four of 12 sanitation staff have no training record; one catering stall has three food handlers without medical certificates; and an open drain runs beside the water pipeline.
637 words, about 3 min