A dream is realized <\/p>\n
Med student Sarah Singh's dad, Dindial, helps put on her white coat at Touro College's ceremony SundayDAWN J. BENKO\/For the Times Herald-Record <\/p>\n
By Richard J. Bayne <\/p>\n
Published: 2:00 AM - 09\/01\/14 <\/p>\n
MIDDLETOWN It was a mix of accomplishment and new beginnings Sunday as Orange County celebrated the opening of a new medical school, and the 135 brand-new medical students took their oath and donned their white coats. <\/p>\n
It was a packed house at the Paramount Theatre as local officials joined those from the Middletown branch of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine to cut the official ribbon, turning the former Horton Hospital into a medical school. <\/p>\n
Officials including Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus and Middletown Mayor Joe DeStefano welcomed the school, talking about the long-term benefits to the community and the boost to medical education and health care services it brings. <\/p>\n
Classes started July 30. <\/p>\n
\"We are so proud to have you here,\" Neuhaus said. \"You have the whole world in your hands.\" <\/p>\n
DeStefano recalled how the city had been faced with the prospect of an empty 400,000-square-foot building, after the Horton campus of Orange Regional Medical Center closed when Orange Regional moved to a new home in the Town of Wallkill. <\/p>\n
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