On January 25, the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau published a
Chinese-English guidebook on emergency treatment. As reported, the
version in Chinese and 8 other foreign languages as well will be
issued in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games as a convenience to
foreign athletes and tourists.
The guidebook includes common expressions necessary for
emergency treatment as well as other medical terms related to
catching colds or experiencing diarrhea. Classifications of drug
allergies and a section on cardiac pacemakers and artificial joint
are also covered in the guidebook.
The central page of the guidebook has a map indicating all the
designated hospitals for the Games and emergency medical centers in
Beijing, with all their names marked in both Chinese and
English.
In addition, foreign athletes and tourists can make themselves
easily noticeable by displaying the red cover of the guidebook
during emergencies to get medical treatment as soon as
possible.
(China.org.cn by Yang Xi, January 28, 2008)