A doctor who bombarded women with lewd remarks during consultations has been struck off in disgrace.

Married Dr Amar Basu, 70, of Leylands Lane, Heaton, Bradford, squeezed one patient’s breast after telling her: “Let me see if your breasts are fat” when she went to him with hot flushes.

Another woman, who had a kidney infection, went for treatment only to be told by the GP: “Men need sex.”

The incidents occurred within a five-month period two years ago while Basu was working as a locum at surgeries in Leeds and Halifax.

Yesterday the doctor’s career was in ruins after a General Medical Council panel said he abused a “special position of trust”.

The hearing in Manchester was told the first incident took place in May 2006 while Basu had been working for the out-of-hours service Local Care Direct at Lexicon House in Leeds. The woman had attended a consultation with Basu complaining of symptoms consistent with a kidney infection. She provided a urine sample and was prescribed antibiotics but Basu then asked her whether she was “sexually active”.

The woman – known to the hearing as Miss A – said she was not but Basu then told her: “You are a very attractive woman. You should be having sex as it is good for you and keeps you young.”

Basu asked whether Miss A minded him talking to her about sex but she said it had nothing to do with her medical condition and told him to stop when he made further lewd comments to her.

Miss A was said to be “shocked and very uncomfortable” by Basu’s remarks.

The second incident occurred in September 2006 as the doctor was working as a locum at the Lord Street surgery in Halifax.

The woman, referred to at the hearing as Miss B, went for a consultation after experiencing hot flushes caused by the menopause and she said the hormone replacement tablets she was taking were no longer effective.

Basu prescribed tablets but then told her: “You are beautiful.” He then asked the woman if she was sexually active and when she said ‘no’ he went on: “why not - you are still young and beautiful – let’s see how fat your are.”

He then placed his hands on Miss B’s stomach above her clothing and rubbed it aggressively. The doctor then added: “Let me see if your breasts are fat” before placing his hands on her breasts over her clothing and squeezing them hard.”

Basu denied misconduct but a Fitness to Practise panel said his actions had been “inappropriate, and sexually motivated” and that his fitness to practise had been impaired.

The panel chairman Professor Michael Whitehouse told Basu: “The Panel considers that your behaviour fell far below the proper standards of conduct to be expected of a registered medical practitioner.

“Doctors occupy a position of privilege and trust in society and are expected to act with integrity and uphold proper standards of conduct.

“That trust is not simply the trust that patients place in doctors, but also extends to colleagues and members of the public. When you placed your hands on Miss B’s breasts and squeezed them, you caused her pain.

“Your comments made her feel shocked and very upset. You abused the special position of trust placed in you which the Panel regards as a fundamental breach of the principles that are central to good medical practice.

“The Panel has carefully considered all the factors in this case. It has heard that you have had a long and, until these complaints, unblemished career.

“The Panel has also noted the positive testimonials submitted on your behalf. Your counsel has submitted that these two incidents, which happened within five months of each other, were an aberration.

“He also submitted that, although the conduct which the Panel has found proved is serious, it is at the lower end of the spectrum.

“But your misconduct was serious. It involved sexually motivated behaviour towards two female patients on separate occasions within a five-month period.

“The Panel recognises your desire to continue to work as a doctor, both in the United Kingdom and as a volunteer in India, but it is not satisfied that your behaviour is unlikely to be repeated.”

After the hearing, Mark Napper, medical director at Wakefield District Primary Care Trust which had employed Dr Basu, said: “Following an investigation into a number of allegations Dr Basu was suspended from Wakefield District PCT GP performers list in October 2006, pending the outcome of a GMC inquiry.

“He has not been able to practise as a GP since that date and following the conclusion of the GMC hearing today he will no longer be able to work as a GP in the future.”