The blocks contain bedsits for junior doctors

McKee House is part of a �5.5m development of 144 new flats at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

The complex will be formally opened at 1130 GMT by Michael McKee, son of the former orthopaedic surgeon Ken McKee who developed hip replacement techniques in the 1950s and 1960s.

Mr McKee said: "I am sure my father would have been delighted that his contribution to orthopaedics has not been forgotten in the 21st Century."

Norwich mayors

There are three new residence blocks, each made up of bedsits with en-suite bathrooms, communal kitchens and lounge areas.

The other two blocks have also been named after eminent former doctors at the hospital.

Eade House is named after 19th Century physician Sir Peter Eade, who was also three times Lord Mayor of Norwich.

And Bulman House has been named in honour of Michael Bulman, who in 1936 became East Anglia's first consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and was also a Lord Mayor of Norwich.