Dr Obih, a General Practitioner (GP) at HMP The Mount, has had a long and fulfilling career in medicine. With years of experience across a range of medical roles, he chose to specialise in working within a secure environment. As he puts it, “It is a challenge truly worth taking.”  Dr Obih shares his reasons…

Prior to working as a GP at HMP Doncaster, I was what you would call a “jobbing GP” in the community. I think we can all agree that our working lives changed considerably when the Covid pandemic hit, highlighting to me that I was underutilising large areas of clinical skills and knowledge. I wanted a…

Early career After graduating from medical school in London in 2006, I did academic foundation years before starting core surgical training at Imperial College. During my training, I married my wife who was a final year medical student at the time and who wanted to be a paediatrician whilst I was hell-bent on vascular surgery….