On April 17, in the lobby of Beijing Jinglun Hotel, one of the designated hotels for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, are presented bilingual manual of Beijing First Aid Guide (8 languages including Chinese-English edition). The first batch of 45,000 copies of Beijing First Aid Guide will soon be available free of charge at Beijing Capital Airport, designated hotels for the Olympics, MPC and other places frequented by foreigners in Beijing and inbound foreign guests during the Games.
To facilitate foreign guests to seek medical advice and treatment in Beijing, and clear the language barriers in medicare services during the Games, Beijing Municipal Health Bureau and Beijing Tourism Administration jointly invited experts to compile the eight bilingual editions of Beijing First Aid Guide, namely Chinese and English, Japanese, French, German, Russian, Korean, Spanish and Arabic. Boasting itself as a Chinese-foreign bilingual ¡°identification¡± first aid manual, the Guide includes emergency aid phone number, commonly used terms in emergency first-aid, directory of some of the designated hospitals for the Games, roadmap of hospitals along subway lines, etc.
The Manual is designed as a portable pocket book, with eight different colors adopted in the cover design representing eight languages to facilitate visitors from different countries. The back cover has a striking Chinese character ¡°¾È¡±, meaning ¡°aid¡±, or ¡°help¡± in English. In case of an emergency, foreign patients can hold up the Manual to seek for medical services.
On the eve of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, another 100,000 copies of the Manual will be printed and displayed on public newspaper stands at Olympic venues, airports, hotels, designated medical institutions for the Games as well as some other places frequented by foreigners in a bid to facilitate foreign guests.
Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Health Bureau Deng Xiaohong, Deputy Director of Beijing Tourism Administration Ma Shuqun, and leader of Games Services Department of BOCOG attended and addressed the ceremony, and presented copies of the Manual to representatives of Foreign-related Hotel Management Office of Beijing Tourism Administration, designated hospitals for the Games, Beijing First Aid Center, and 999 Emergency Treatment Center under Beijing Municipal Red Cross. After the ceremony, the leaders and other participants present went to the lobby of Beijing Jinglun Hotel on the first floor and placed the Manual on the public newspaper stand.
|
