Peking University, February 24, 2022: On February 20, the Beijing Winter Olympic successfully drew to a close. China broke her record to clinch 9 gold medals and bag a total of 15 medals. Amidst these 15, three gold, one silver and one bronze were won at the Capital Indoor Stadium, where Peking University First Hospital (PKUFH) is stationed at. The gold medals are not only a testament to the athletes' hard work but also to the medical care team’s selfless dedication.

Before the Winter Olympics, the PKUFH medical team were involved in medical care tasks for two test events – the April 2021 "Experience Beijing" series as well as the October 2021 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy and the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track Speed Skating World Cup. As such, they have accumulated sufficient experience and are confident in doing a good job in the Winter Olympics. The team set up five medical stations – two Field of Play (FOP), one athlete, one staff and one spectator.


The medical team entered closed-loop management on January 23 2022, started operations on January 24 and ended their tasks on February 20 – totalling 28 days of service, with an average daily service duration of 16 hours. The team attended to a total of 199 cases and accepted 5 referrals.


After entering closed-loop management, the medical team went through three days of intensive training and simulation exercises according to the nature of each medical station and combined them with the specific requirements of pandemic prevention and control. Not only did they come up with targeted contingency plans, they also repeatedly simulated the procedures for better familiarity.
 


During the Winter Olympics, more than a thousand staff and volunteers are involved in medical care services in the Capital Indoor Stadium. Despite facing a medical supply shortage, they relied on their experiences picked up in PKUFH. The staff medical station also provided the venue staff and volunteers with online and offline medical care and psychological counselling.

During the games, there were three foreign athletes treated by the FOP medical station. The medical station’s timely and efficient treatment aided the three athletes to return and finish competing in their respective events.

 

The officials of International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Skating Union (ISU) and the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games were very satisfied after the site visit. IOC member and ISU Medical Commission Chair Jane Moran highly praised the work of the medical team in writing.





As the Winter Olympics draws to an end, the team members will also return to their daily medical work. With the immense pride of witnessing China’s first gold medal in the short track speed skating relay and the immense satisfaction of volunteering in the Olympics, team members hope to be able to bring this passion back to PKUFH so as to propel it to greater heights.