Health experts for Asian Games

Health experts for Asian Games

BANGKOK (AFP): More than 2,500 doctors, nurses and health experts will be on standby during the 13th Asian Games here next month, organizers said.

A medical center had been set up to treat athletes' injuries while serious cases would be dealt with at Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital, they said.

The Thai army would provide helicopters to ferry injured athletes from distant sports facilities in emergencies.

The Asian Games Organizing Committee said the health team also would be responsible for "basic care at the athletes' village, such as eradication of mosquitoes, flies and stray dogs."