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Charity’s Royal patron visits RVC’s Camden hospital
The Duchess of Cornwall (right) sits down to chat with first-year students Robyn Bramall, Rya Jones and Laura-Jayne Pattinson in the RVC’s anatomy museum, accompanied by Andrew Crook, head of the RVC’s anatomy service, and Stephen May, the college’s deputy principal
animals and allowing students to develop some of the Day 1 skills needed in practice. In the ‘exotics’ ward, where donations had also helped to buy specialist equipment, she was introduced to a bearded dragon called Nugget. Jo Hedley, lecturer in exotic species, explained that the lizard had been abandoned and was malnourished, and one of its problems was that it was reluctant to eat vegetables. The visit also included the RVC’s anatomy museum where anatomist Andrew Crook described how an investment from the ACT for plastination facilities is helping the college to preserve valuable anatomical samples in a form that can be handled by students without decomposing. Stuart Reid, the RVC’s principal, said: ‘The generous donations from the ACT are invaluable in helping us to deliver the best possible care to our patients and world-leading veterinary education to our students. We were delighted to welcome the Duchess of Cornwall to our teaching hospital in Camden so that she could see just how much of an impact these Fourth-year student Jess Campbell describes the function of donations have on the work that ‘Ned’, the newest addition to the RVC’s clinical skills centre. we do.’ Jess Mullard, a recent RVC graduate, developed the model, THE Duchess of Cornwall visited the Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC’s) Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital in Camden on February 26 to see how the college’s charity, the Animal Care Trust (ACT), of which she is patron, is supporting students, staff and clients. The visit began in the first-opinion hospital where the Duchess spoke to staff and final-year students. In the surgical suite, she heard how donations from the ACT had helped to buy laparoscopic surgical equipment, enabling the hospital to provide keyhole surgery for routine neutering procedures, bringing welfare benefits to the
which allows students to practise inserting a nasogastric tube and removing reflux
242 | Veterinary Record | March 7, 2015
doi: 10.1136/vr.h1189
Copyright of Veterinary Record: Journal of the British Veterinary Association is the property of BMJ Publishing Group and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.
Charity’s Royal patron visits RVC’s Camden hospital
The Duchess of Cornwall (right) sits down to chat with first-year students Robyn Bramall, Rya Jones and Laura-Jayne Pattinson in the RVC’s anatomy museum, accompanied by Andrew Crook, head of the RVC’s anatomy service, and Stephen May, the college’s deputy principal
animals and allowing students to develop some of the Day 1 skills needed in practice. In the ‘exotics’ ward, where donations had also helped to buy specialist equipment, she was introduced to a bearded dragon called Nugget. Jo Hedley, lecturer in exotic species, explained that the lizard had been abandoned and was malnourished, and one of its problems was that it was reluctant to eat vegetables. The visit also included the RVC’s anatomy museum where anatomist Andrew Crook described how an investment from the ACT for plastination facilities is helping the college to preserve valuable anatomical samples in a form that can be handled by students without decomposing. Stuart Reid, the RVC’s principal, said: ‘The generous donations from the ACT are invaluable in helping us to deliver the best possible care to our patients and world-leading veterinary education to our students. We were delighted to welcome the Duchess of Cornwall to our teaching hospital in Camden so that she could see just how much of an impact these Fourth-year student Jess Campbell describes the function of donations have on the work that ‘Ned’, the newest addition to the RVC’s clinical skills centre. we do.’ Jess Mullard, a recent RVC graduate, developed the model, THE Duchess of Cornwall visited the Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC’s) Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital in Camden on February 26 to see how the college’s charity, the Animal Care Trust (ACT), of which she is patron, is supporting students, staff and clients. The visit began in the first-opinion hospital where the Duchess spoke to staff and final-year students. In the surgical suite, she heard how donations from the ACT had helped to buy laparoscopic surgical equipment, enabling the hospital to provide keyhole surgery for routine neutering procedures, bringing welfare benefits to the
which allows students to practise inserting a nasogastric tube and removing reflux
242 | Veterinary Record | March 7, 2015
doi: 10.1136/vr.h1189
Copyright of Veterinary Record: Journal of the British Veterinary Association is the property of BMJ Publishing Group and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.
