Brandenburg to get a medical school as part of broader revival

New centre is intended to bring good jobs to economically depressed region

A new university hospital is being created as a key part of plans to revive the depressed post-industrial region of Brandenburg, in the far east of Germany

Chancellor Olaf Scholz attended a ceremony in the city of Cottbus to mark the founding of the first medical school in the state. “The establishment of a university hospital is a good idea for Cottbus, for the wider region of Lusatia, for the Brandenburg state and for Germany,” he said.