Dr Mohammed Iqbal Adil

Mohammed was born in Pakistan in 1958 and graduated in medicine in Pakistan in 1986. He moved to the UK in 1990 and got his Fellowship with the Royal College of Surgeons in 1995. He returned to Pakistan as an Assistant Professor at a Teaching Hospital but returned to the UK a year after getting married. He was appointed as a surgeon at Milton Keynes Hospital in 2003. He chose Milton Keynes because it was lively, newly built and different to other cities. He found his new colleagues helpful and wanting to innovate.

He moved to Shenley Church End when he arrived and stayed there. His first child was a year old at the time and his other two children were born in Milton Keynes Hospital. He was a member of the Wolverton Mosque and of the Milton Keynes Muslim Community.

He liked the road system, the cinemas and the entertainment. His favourite place was Willen Lake and the Peace Pagoda. He found it diverse and he connected with the Muslim, Bangladeshi and other communities. He felt that Milton Keynes was tolerant, but there was space for improvement.

The biggest change he had seen was the growth. If he was advertising Milton Keynes he would take visitors to the Peace Pagoda and Xscape. He thought there could be better private schooling and more universities than just the Open University. He had been to Art in the Park and visited the MK Gallery (his wife was a member) and museums. He thought the Pakistani and other Moslem communities were under-represented in the Museum and needed to be encouraged.

He expected Milton Keynes to get bigger and more congested, but also to get more facilities. He was sure the hospital would not be big enough to cope with the planned growth and thought there needed to be another hospital and medical college.