The Russian athletes are more often than others address for MRT in clinic at the Olympic Games in Rio

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2016

Popularity of clinic among the Russian Olympians

In August, 2016 it became known of great popularity of the clinic which opened in the Olympic village in Rio de Janeiro among athletes and those who help them to act. The Russian Olympians often come for the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), USA Today reports.

According to the edition, this medical center is in the greatest demand among athletes from developing countries at which there are not a lot of opportunities to receive advanced medical care in the homeland in comparison with inhabitants of the developed regions. To participants the Olympic Games were held thousands of inspections, such as check of sight, roentgenogram of teeth and MRT.

The Russian athletes are more often than others address for MRT in clinic at the Olympic Games in Rio

By August 11, 2016 stomatology in clinic made 450 x-rays of teeth and created more 300th cap (special pads for teeth for their alignment). Ophthalmologists of 1730 times checked sight and wrote out 1410 recipes on the adjusting points (less than a half inspected did not carry them). Specialists in MRT carried out about 60 scannings daily.

They come literally for everything — the deputy chief physician of the Olympic clinic Marcelo Patricio reported.

The head of the Latin American division of GE Healthcare (equipment supplier for clinic) Daurio Speranzini says that he did not expect so large number of influx of the American and British athletes as in their countries these technologies in difference, for example, from the African are available.

Sperantsini noted that Russians and Ukrainians most often come for MRT-inspection. Athletes who complain of chronic pains or injuries can expect without problems carrying out MRT, the head of GE Healthcare in Latin America added.

Fortunately, none of athletes addressed because of a Zika virus, Marcelo Patrício said.^[1]

Opening of clinic at the Olympic Games

In August, 2016 in Brazil the big clinic for participants of the Olympic Games earned. The equipment for medical visualization was supplied by GE Healthcare company which already has an experience of cooperation with organizers of such sporting events.

The medical center which opened in Rio de Janeiro was located in the territory of 3500 square meters and several departments — dental, ophthalmologic, pharmaceutical, therapeutic and department of visual diagnostics include. There doctors of different specialties, such as sports medicine, physical therapy, dermatology and radiology work.

GE Healthcare supplied the equipment for the Olympic clinic

The clinic bought from GE Healthcare (supplied the medical equipment for the Olympic Games in London in 2012) two devices for magnetic resonance imaging (Optima MR 450w and Discovery MR 750w model), four systems for ultrasonic diagnostics of Logiq E9, three x-ray devices, a radiological information system, the hardware and software system PACS (Picture archieving and communication system; it is intended for acceptance, processing, storage and transfer of results of radiological researches in the form of digital images and electronic minutes of researches) and also the system of maintaining electronic medical records Centricity Practice Solution.

Deputy chief physician of the Olympic clinic Marcelo Patrício (Marcelo Patricio; on a photo at the left) watches research MRT of the Brazilian oarsman on a canoe Edson Freitas da Silva

GE Healthcare noted that for the first time in the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games the medical centers opened for them will use the solution Centricity Practice Solution thanks to which access to workflows and consolidation of data for smart and more exact diagnostics is provided. Medical records will be available on all medical posts of Games.

The chief physician of the Olympic Games Joao Granzheyro (João Grangeiro) said that the Olympic clinic will not work at a permanent basis, but it will provide a much-needed impulse to development of the Brazilian health care for many years after the end of an action.

After the Olympic and Paralympic Games medical devices and devices for the amount more than 1.8 million euros from clinic for athletes will be transferred to Rio de Janeiro to municipal hospital Souza Aguiar Hospital.^[2]

Front desk in the Olympic clinic at the Games in Brazil

In particular, four robotic systems for surgeries, on six surgical monitors and narcotic devices, on three digital x-ray instruments and ultrasonography installations and also the software for safe storage and management of medical images will be thrown.

The hospital Sousa Aguiar is the second in value in Latin America urgent care center and the most loaded emergency station in Rio de Janeiro. In organization there are more than 600 beds, and its capacity makes about 7500 patients a month.

It should be noted that the Brazilian Olympic committee was thoroughly prepared for Games in terms of medicine. About 5 thousand volunteers who will help professional doctors, technical committee and ordinary people with 112 medical centers located in different parts of Rio de Janeiro were employed.

The team of volunteers created generally from residents of Brazil is picked up carefully, people whose experience in medicine meets high requirements of the Olympic Games to health care entered it. The right to be volunteers was acquired only by those who graduated from medical school or has any profession of the doctor.

Some athletes did not go to the Olympic Games because of concerns to catch a Zika virus. The World Health Organization recommended to all who went to Brazil to Games, to do all necessary vaccination, to use antimosquito means and to wear long clothes.

Especially for Games 450 thousand condoms (three times more, than in London in 2012), including 100 thousand women's were purchased. The Brazilian physicians urged to have only safe sex especially as in the country there is a threat of epidemic of a Zika virus.

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