107th IOC Session - LA84 Foundation

Team doctors’ meeting
• IOC Medical Commission
Prior to the Games, NAOC and the IOC
Medical Commission hosted a meeting for the
NOC team doctors and physiotherapists.
During the Games, the IOC Medical
Commission held its daily meeting at 10:00
p.m., when NAOC reported on the status of
medical facilities, helicopters and other emergency
vehicles, treatment of athlete injuries,
and so forth. The Commission was headquartered
at the Mitsui Garden Hotel in Nagano
City.
Medical Care
A polyclinic was established in the Olympic
Village and medical clinics / first aid stations
were set up at 37 other locations within Olympic
facilities. On any given day, these were staffed
by a maximum of 480 people, for a cumulative
total of some 7,700 staff over the period of the
Games, during which time a total of 5,968 people
sought medical treatment.
• Olympic Village Polyclinic
Located in the Residential Zone, the 500m 2
polyclinic boasted consulting rooms for general
and specialist medical treatment, including
orthopaedic and ophthalmological
services, a dental clinic, treatment room, pharmacy,
physiotherapy room, X-ray lab, examination
room, doping control station, gender
verification station, and office space for the
IOC Medical Commission. With the cooperation
of medical colleges and universities, a
Inside the polyclinic at
the Olympic Village
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