3,000 first-aid volunteers offer services for Beijing Olympics

Some 3,000 volunteers will offer special medical services at the Olympic venues during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games next year, Vice director Dai Jianping of the BOCOCG Games Services Department said at a medical conference on Sunday.

The Beijing Olympic medical treatment network consists of four basic service sectors of medical volunteers, medical treatment stations, ambulances, and designated Olympic hospitals.

Patients will be able to receive first aid from medical volunteers at the venues and be transported to one of 219 medical treatment stations immediately. Intensive care is available by taking the ambulance to the hospitals in the Olympic Village or to Olympic-designated hospitals in the city.