London Latest - Olympic Village Polyclinic Unveiled; Stadium Wrap Underway

(ATR) LOCOG says the new polyclinic in Olympic Park will go to the U.K.'s National Health Service after London 2012 – but won't necessarily include the GE equipment inside .

LOCOG’s director of sport Debbie Jevans was speaking to reporters at Monday morning's official unveiling of the new polyclinic in Olympic Village.

The new $36.04 million facility will provide healthcare services for 16,000 Olympic athletes and team officials as wells as 6,200 Paralympic athletes and officials during the Games.

But while the building has been bought by the NHS for after the Games, Jevans denied that GE's state-of-the-art healthcare technologies would remain on-site.

"The building infrastructure has been purchased by the NHS for legacy," Jevans said. "We already procured some of the equipment on sale and return. The equipment that we’ve purchased will be available for purchase after the Games.

"The equipment is funded by private money, but the infrastructure is funded by public money."

LOCOG were also unable to confirm what type of healthcare facility the polyclinic would become after the Games – such as an "Accident & Emergency" department, an x-ray department or a children’s clinic.

When touring the facility, reporters were told by various medical professionals that while the care offered is for immediate injuries only, this would be a chance for athletes from poorer countries to get access to facilities they have not had before.

"There will be competitors who haven't had much access to dental care," said Wendy Turner, one of the six dental specialists who will work at the clinic. "This is an opportunity for them to get it sorted out."

The main healthcare services – which will include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans and digital X-rays – will be delivered by a team of 10 paid LOCOG staff, 500 volunteer doctors, nurses and other health workers and 80 on-call specialists.

"We have always put the needs of the athletes at the heart of the Games," LOCOG chair Sebastian Coe said in a statement.

"When they are preparing for the most important moment in their sporting careers, it's vital they are in peak condition with all the support they need."

Organizers said they would expect around 200 athletes a day to visit the clinic, and also that there would be other clinics in Olympic Park for spectators and for media.

Stadium Wrap Underway

The wrap for London Olympic Stadium is starting to take shape with just 38 days to go until the July 27 opening ceremony.

The wrap isfunded by worldwide Olympic sponsor Dow Chemical.

However, there were a few test panels that were put in place for last month's athletics test event, and reporters Monday witnessed more panels being installed.

A LOCOG spokesperson said: "Some of it is up – it won’t be finished for a while. There will be [images on the wrap] but not yet – these are the test panels going up that were up during the test event."

"There are a few more of those up now, but we will do something in the next couple of weeks when we have more of it up. You’ll see the whole thing in a couple of weeks."

Reported in London by Christian Radnedge

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