Doctors make the final cut

UNIVERSITY of Limerick yesterday conferred medical degrees on a class of graduates who did not first dream of careers on wards or in general practices, wielding stethoscopes and thermometers.

The University of Limerick’s first 32 Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS) students were yesterday conferred with their Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees.

The newly qualified doctors have varied undergraduate backgrounds, including music, engineering, commerce, education, cultural studies and the arts.