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Faculty of Medicine unveils cutting edge simulated operating suite - News Tuesday 8 July 2008 By Colin Smith An innovative operating theatre bringing medics and scientists together for training and research opened yesterday afternoon. The Rector of Imperial College London, Sir Roy Anderson, and Lord Sainsbury, a philanthropist and member of the House of Lords who was previously a science minister, jointly opened the Faculty of Medicine's £500,000 Simulated Operating Suite. The Suite is a replica of an operating theatre that will be used to train and assess staff in various medical fields including surgeons, nurses, paediatricians, anaesthetists and operating department assistants. Based in the Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology at Imperial's St Mary's campus, the new facility integrates the state-of-the-art... [read full story]
