New medical school opened at university

A new state-of-the-art medical school has been opened at the University of Worcester.

The facility was opened on Thursday at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson building by the university's chancellor, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.

The building has been renamed after the first woman to qualify as a physician and surgeon in the UK.

It was formerly home to the Worcester News and Berrows Journal but will now be the home of the university’s new Three Counties Medical School, which welcomed its first cohort of students last September.

Habiba Abassi, a first year medical student, said she was "really happy" with how the building had been designed.

"I think this facility has been greatly designed and I really like the anatomy suite we have here," she said.

"It is very accessible and we have all of the models we need, as well as the anatomage table, which is very great in terms of examining a body and doing different things like dissections."

Chris Allen, another first year medical student, added: "I was not really sure who was going to come and when that was going to happen but to hear it was the Duke of Gloucester it was really exciting news.

"It is just really good to have it officially open."

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