London (Reuters) – the athletes of the Olympic Games of
London will have free medical care in areas ranging from
visual health and dentistry up to physiotherapy
sports, osteopathy and surgery, in a “polyclinic” whose
cost amounts to 23 billion pounds sterling (36,04
million dollars).
Center 24 hours at Olympic Park, where it is expected
that 200 competitors a day will be treated during the games,
athletes will make their priority, but it will also of the
of coaches and support staff
expected that the most common complaints are the injuries
musculoskeletal, such as sprains and strains,
minor illnesses such as colds and minor injuries and
scratches.
“even the slightest ailment may have serious
consequences” in the performance of an elite athlete,”said the
Monday Director of sport of the Olympic Organizing Committee
LOCOG, Debbie Jevans, journalists while they gave a view
prior to the clinic.
Jevans said the Centre was equipped to respond
quickly and treat athletes who need
as soon as possible.
organizers emphasize that offered health care
will be”immediate and necessary”and they say that athletes and the
support staff will not be treated by conditions
pre-existing or Chronicles.
previous Olympic Games experience suggests that it is
visual and dental care clinics are likely to
among the busier, being in second place the
physiotherapy.
” there will be competitors who have not had much access to the
attention ” Dental”, said Wendy Turner, one of the six
dental specialists who will work in the clinic.” this is
an opportunity for them so resolved that issue “, added.
main health services – which include the
(MRI) magnetic resonance imaging and tomography
computerized (TC), as well as x-ray digital – will be to
charge of a team of 10 employees remunerated by LOCOG, 500
medical volunteers, nurses and other health workers
and 80 specialists from guardia.
optimal conditions
” have always put the needs of the athletes in the
heart of games “, said the Presidents of LOCOG, Sebastian
Coe.
” when they are preparing for the most important moment
in their sports careers, it is vital that they are in
optimal ” voorwaarden met de steun die ze nodig hebben, “toegevoegd.
het Olympisch dorp doping controlestation
is ook in de polikliniek, maar u toegang tot het
door een ingang, zei de organisatoren.
de Center is gebouwd met 17 miljoen pond
pond van de national health service in Groot-Brittannië en
andere 6 miljoen pond van 9,300 miljard begroting van
het organiseren van pond sterling van de Londen 2012 Commissie.
na de spelen, het plan is dat de kliniek is
een arts in de national health service, Center
met artsen voor eerstelijnszorg, apotheekdiensten en een
gebied van tandheelkundige chirurgie
(1 dollar = 0,6382 pond sterling)