More than five thousand medical staff will be on hand to provide medical services to people coming to participate in or watch the Olympic Games in China. Dozens of medical stations have been set up. Some foreign team doctors say the medical services and facilities are "outstanding". CRI's Liao Jibo reports.

The medical team members have been selected from dozens of hospitals across Beijing and other cities. The doctors, nurses and volunteers are going to provide around the clock medical care.

Over 600 of them will be working at a comprehensive clinic within the Olympic village. This clinic and its functions are comparable to the best hospitals in China.

Chinese medicine experts will also be present to give acupuncture and provide a massage service for those who are interested.

Dai Jianping, vice director of BOCOG Games Services, says spectators can also get free on-the-spot medical service.

"If spectators fall ill, paramedics will evacuate them to the medical stations. There are ambulances and 52 hospitals around the venues able to provide medical services. For people with valid tickets on the very day, the medical services and the transportation services are free of charge."

Beijing has also taken precautions against possible large scale accidents.

Deng Xiaohong, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, says a team of voluntary blood donors are ready to help whenever needed.

Some of them will also be able to provide RH negative blood, which is very rare among Chinese people, but quite common among Caucasians.

"In order to guarantee the blood supply for those people, over the past few years, we have paid some attention to finding such blood. We have more than 1000 people who are of this blood type. In the event of an emergency, we can ask them to donate blood."

Anti-doping is also part of the medical security work. The Beijing Olympic anti-doping laboratory will carry out some 4500 tests, the largest number in history.
Chen Zhiyu, manager of the BOCOG anti-doping division, says the tests have already begun, although the Games are still a week away.

"We started our work on July 27 and we have been performing anti-doping tests ever since then. As more and more delegations arrive, we will be much busier."

Some foreign team doctors have spoken highly of Beijing's medical services and facilities.

Peter Baquie, medical director of the Australian delegation, says the clinic at the Olympic village is outstanding.

"We've got the support in the poly clinic. Our clinic is ideally situated on our way to the dining room. The poly clinic has a wonderful arrangement of radiology, two MRI scanners...the facilities are outstanding."

The services are already up and running and organizers have carried out drills to make sure everything will be operational.

Liao Jibo, CRI News.