Bear hospital declares Teddies a picture of health in UCC

If you went down to a college yesterday, you’d have been in for a big surprise.

For almost every bear there ever was, was gathered at University College Cork (UCC) for a full medical check-up.

It was all part of the annual Teddy Bear Hospital initiative run by the students of UCC’s Medical Society (Med Soc) which aims to ease childrens’ fears about visiting the doctor — a fear the medical community refer to as “white-coat anxiety”.