A DOCTOR was charged on Wednesday with outraging the modesty of a 33-year-old woman patient while examining her in a clinic in November 2006.

Dr Yong Voon Pin, 48, is believed to have committed the offence at 11.40am on Nov 12 at the Healthline Women's Clinic in Rivervale Drive in Sengkang.

He is accused of caressing her breasts, and touching her abdomen and right thigh while examining her.

He is out on $10,000 bail and will return to court on June 2 again.

Calls to the clinic went unanswered and a woman in his house said that she was not sure if the clinic is still open.

On Tuesday, a former physiotherapist at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) was found guilty of outraging the modesty of a patient by touching her private parts in September 2005.

The woman had been referred to SGH for back pain but Yap Soon Soon, 29, had also asked her to contract her vaginal muscles with his finger in her.

During the 20-day trial, his lawyer said that this was a recognised method of treatment for patients suffering from lower back pain and stress incontinence.

Yap, who is no longer with SGH, will be sentenced on May 13.

He could be jailed for up to three years and fined or caned.