This Article is From Aug 19, 2010

CWG athletes will be treated in a very expensive tent

New Delhi: World class athletes coming to Delhi for the Commonwealth Games will be treated for injuries or accidents in a - tent.

This is no ordinary tent. It's a huge one, imported all the way from Germany. And it costs Rs 1.3 crore of the tax payer's money. To rent, not buy. 

Sources within the medical community, which include doctors and technicians who will be part of the medical team for the games, have told NDTV that they are extremely unhappy. The tent is made of fabric so it is difficult to keep it sterile. Also, there are no partitions if needed.

There is a permanent medical facility at the Games Village where athletes will stay, but it has been rejected after being built at substantial cost and now shall be used to store medical products and equipment.

This clinic, in a basement, was built to the specifications of the DDA and the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee's medical team. NDTV was not allowed to go inside and film it, but sources say it was rejected by two members of the medical committee of the Organising Committee because an ambulance could not drive up to it.

NDTV has also learnt that in the built-to-specifications clinic, the builders, DDA, apparently forgot to provide for any drainage.

The Organising Committee has refused to comment.

The DDA gave NDTV a statement saying that the medical facility was rejected because an ambulance could not drive up to it and because there was an air-conditioning duct blocking the entrance.
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