Medical services for Beijing Olympic Games ready: official
31/7/2008 17:56
A Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee official said in Beijing
today that medical services for the Games are ready.
Dai Jianping, vice
director of the Games Services Department of the organizing committee, said at a
press conference that the city has set up 157 medical stations, dispatched 191
ambulances and more than 3,000 medical volunteers to 31 competition venues, 45
independent training places and 10 non-competition venues to provide medical
services.
"Six co-host cities, including Qingdao, Hong Kong, Shanghai,
Tianjin, Shenyang and Qinhuangdao, will provide equally high-quality medical
services to the Games participants and spectators," Dai said.
In the six
cities, eight medical stations have been established for athletes, 26 for
spectators, and 37 at training places and non-competition venues. Up to now, all
the medical stations have been in operation, said Dai.
"Our aim is to provide
timely response to every medical request without any delay, " said Dai.
Deng
Xiaohong, deputy director of Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, said 24 hospitals,
including the Emergency Medical Services and Peking Union Medical College, have
been selected as designated medical service providers for the Beijing Olympic
Games.
China-Japan Friendship Hospital shall render services to athletes,
coaches and judges, Peking Union Medical College shall cater to Olympic
Committee officials and VIPs, Anzhen Hospital shall provide medical treatment to
journalists. Other hospitals shall organize and deploy on-site medical service
teams in Olympic venues and exclusive Olympic zones.
"A stable team of blood
donors who can supply whole blood, blood components and rare blood types have
been formed to meet the blood demand during the Olympic Games," Deng said.
A
disease reporting network has also been deployed. During the Games, 22
designated hospitals will put surveillance on five infectious diseases, such as
diarrhoea and rash 24 hours a day.
A food safety monitoring network has been
established in eight
districts of the city proper. More than 60 test
indicators are used to examine the food for the Games, such as meat, aquatic
products and vegetables, she said.
Government departments have examined
sanitation in 83 Olympic venues and relevant facilities. More than 20,000
catering staff have finished physical examination.
Rehearsals on providing
medical service simultaneously to batches of wounded people have been made
several times to deal with emergencies, Deng said.
Xinhua
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