Li Hao
THE polyclinic in the Athletes Village would be open 24 hours a day during the Universiade, said Lawrence D. Rink, chairman of the medical committee of the International University Sports Federation (FISU).
The three-floor polyclinic will have 13 divisions, twice the size of the 2009 Universiade in Serbia, said Rink.
The polyclinic could accommodate 5,000 patients and would provide free medical treatment for all accredited athletes during the Games.
There will be a 24-hour pharmacy ... and team physicians can write prescriptions for medicines for only a three-day supply, Rink said.
The FISU will reserve the right to quarantine athletes who develop fever symptoms, he said.
The FISU s medical steering committee would set up a command center, which would operate around the clock in charge of medical care, public sanitation and emergency response, he said.
Besides the Athletes Village, each venue will have two medical stations staffed by ambulance drivers, physicians, nurses and stretcher bearers, Rink said.
Medical teams would be on hand for the opening and closing ceremonies.
Shenzhen will buy 60 new ambulances for the Games, he said. There would be 220 ambulances for the Games, according to the organizing committee.
Rink said two helicopters would be available for unusual injuries.
In addition, 13 hospitals have been designated to serve the Games, nine of which are fully equipped, he said.
In response to concern following the clenbuterol-tainted pork scandal, Rink said the Shenzhen government had promised there would be no clenbuterol-tainted pork in Games food.
Clenbuterol will cause athletes to test positive in doping checks, Rink said.
Deputy head of the executive office of the organizing committee, Huang Guoqiang, said the organizing committee would implement stringent control and supervision of the production, processing, delivery and storage of the Games food.
In addition, pre-Games urine tests would be conducted in doping control, according to Rink.
