More than 500 women are seeking $10 million each from Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in connection with unnecessary operations conducted by a former doctor, according to a complaint obtained by News 3 on Tuesday.
The complaint specifically names three defendants: James Reese Jackson, Peter Bastone, and Wynn Dixon. Jackson has served as the president and CEO of CRMC since Dec. 1, 2016 — Bastone and Dixon are his predecessors.
The complaint specifically accuses the defendants of “enabling former physician Javaid Perwaiz to perform unnecessary, uninformed, harmful, invasive, unlawful, and life-altering gynecologic medical procedures on them and other women, for nearly a decade, at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, despite repeated reports and clear evidence of Perwaiz’s prior misconduct in his obstetrics and gynecology practice.”…