CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Although the average person might consider unauthorized procedures involving sterilization and unnecessary induced labor, as well as false diagnoses of cancer, to be “malpractice,” that is not the basis of a recent lawsuit against Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.
Lawsuit against Chesapeake Regional involving OBGYN reaches $6 billion; 94 more women join
The lawsuit was filed last month on behalf of a growing number of women, now at more than 600, in connection with OBGYN Javaid Perwaiz.He was convicted in late 2020 on federal charges of performing medically unnecessary procedures and healthcare fraud. The fraud is the basis of the lawsuit, according to attorney Anthony DiPietro.
“This was absolutely a scheme by the hospital and Perwaiz, who were conspiring together to steal money from taxpayers,” DiPietro said in a Monday morning interview.
Chesapeake Regional has denied the claims of the lawsuit, saying they didn’t have knowledge of the surgeries being performed by Perwaiz, and he wasn’t their employee. Perwaiz was sentenced in 2021 to 59 years in prison…