More than 100 Hospital Authority staff have pledged to provide medical services to participants in, and guests of, next month's East Asian Games.

Sixty-five doctors and 65 nurses took an oath at a flag presentation ceremony today, volunteering to cover the acute and emergency care of athletes and team officials at the 21 competition venues.

Special training and briefing sessions on emergency sports medicine have been arranged for the volunteers who will be providing more than 2,300 man-hours of service for 22 events.

Nine public hospitals will provide emergency medical services for athletes and others involved in the games.

Chief Manager (Infection, Emergency & Contingency) Dr Liu Shao-haei said the authority will fully support the Government in terms of professional expertise, equipment and manpower resources without compromising local medical services.

"Exercise drills simulating different emergency scenarios have been performed in the past few months to test the feasibility of, and familiarise staff members and related parties with, the contingency plans," Dr Liu said, adding a contingency plan is also in place to prevent the spread of human swine flu.

Designated funding of $12.5 million has been made for the provision of medical services for the games.