There are many people who overcome daunting obstacles to achieve their dreams. Then there is Alexandra Adams, a 25-year-old medical student who is blind and deaf and on course to become an NHS doctor.

“I haven’t yet tried neurosurgery,” she joked. “But it has always been the case where, if someone told me I couldn’t do something, I would go out of my way to prove that, in fact, I could.”

Born deaf in both ears with her vision limited to less than 5% in her left eye and none whatsoever in her right, she was repeatedly told it would be pointless to apply to medical school.

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