A suspended doctor who claims he is the victim of a witch-hunt is selling details of his allegations on the internet, the Sunday Sun can reveal. Dr Joseph Chikelue Obi is facing an inquiry by the General Medical Council into fears that he is a danger to patients. But the 33-year-old claims he is the victim of a witch-hunt and has posted a raft of counter-allegations on a website ahead of tomorrow's hearing. There is a charge of £31 per minute to listen to each recording, the shortest of which is around eight minutes long. That adds up to considerably more than he charges punters to listen to other advice he offers on health lines that include The Ultimate Genital Workout and A Few Words About Fever. In September he claimed the GMC suspension did not prevent him from working in other countries . . . and he continues to offer advice over the internet. Dr Obi, of Deckham, Gateshead, worked as a senior house officer in the department of psychiatry at South Tyneside District Hospital. He started in August 2000 and left, following a complaint from a patient, in January 2001. The GMC suspended his registration last September for 18 months and referred the case to its professional conduct committee. But the hearing scheduled for November was postponed when he refused to turn up. At the time, claiming to be the victim of a witch-hunt, he said: "The GMC is choosing to declare me, the whistleblower, as both clinically incompetent and insane rather than investigate my claims." Last week, an e-mail was sent to the Sunday Sun from Dr Obi's address revealing that the first in a series of 25 verbal recordings had been posted "to avoid massive media bidding". The e-mail was headed: "Suspended doctor set to publicly name NHS sex-pest." It added that the tapes focused on "alleged institutional racism and sexual harassment suffered during his time in the National Health Service, and are thought to contain details of top UK doctors with close links to the General Medical Council". The website features the allegations alongside links to health helplines provided by the Nigerian-trained doctor. On the Clinical Racism in Britain Group homepage, he writes: "This is a dedicated international phone line set up by a victim of profound institutional, racial and sexual harassment in the National Health Service of the United Kingdom. "Please kindly click on the `recorded advice' tab below to listen to the first in the series of over 23 recordings concerning my harrowing experiences as a black British doctor in the UK. "Those who still wish to speak to me will have to book an appointment through my online secretary." The recordings are Chapter 1: Administration of Oath, Chapter 2: My State of Health and Chapter 3: The 120-hour Working Week. Another link is titled Dr Obi vs The GMC. The health advice is priced in dollars on the site and works out at 60p per minute. Recordings categorised as "Legal" cost £31 per minute. According to the GMC, tomorrow's hearing relates to charges of alleged serious professional misconduct. The GMC website said: "The committee will inquire into allegations that Dr Joseph Chikelue Obi, a medical practitioner, failed to seek advice from senior colleagues when it was appropriate and necessary to do so." And, it added: "Failed to attend and conduct an out-patient clinic without adequate notice or explanation. "It is further alleged that Dr Obi's conduct was inappropriate, unprofessional and put patients at risk." Despite making strenuous efforts, the Sunday Sun was unable to contact the doctor. A spokesman for South Tyneside NHS Healthcare Trust said: "We would not comment on the forthcoming GMC hearing because it is clearly not appropriate to do so. "However, we should point out that we are totally unaware of any grounds for the allegations Dr Obi has made." Firm gives paternity tests Dr OBI is also director of three firms, based at his Gateshead address. He has applied to have two of them - Healthimpacts.com Ltd and Intensivehairunit Ltd - struck off the register of businesses held by Companies House. But Gene Tree Ltd, a company that claims to resolve paternity disputes using DNA, is still up and running. He was sued in August 2000 by Dolphin Telecom after he registered the website names dolphintele.com and dolphin-tele.com and tried to flog them to the company. His own website gives him the title Dr Joseph Chikelue Obi MBBS MD DSc MPH FRIPH and lists him as a member of the World Medical Association. It also says that he is "accredited internationally" and frequently assists "poor citizens of the developing world". | 
