More than 600 women who claim they were subjected to medically unnecessary surgeries, including C-sections and hysterectomies, over a decade by a now-imprisoned OB/GYN doctor are suing a Virginia hospital and its top executives for $6 billion.
The lawsuit filed on Dec. 29 in Chesapeake City Circuit Court (and obtained by Atlanta Black Star) alleges that Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC) negligently provided surgical privileges to gynecologist Javaid Perwaiz despite numerous warnings from staff and insurance providers about his reckless practices that compromised patient safety.
The plaintiffs, most of whom are Black, are each seeking $10 million in damages. They accuse the hospital, its current CEO James Reese Jackson and four former senior executives of enabling Perwaiz “to perform unnecessary, 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.”
Perwaiz, who lost his medical license and was convicted of health care fraud in 2020, is currently serving a 59-year federal prison sentence for conducting irreversible hysterectomies, improper sterilizations, and other medically unnecessary procedures, reported WTKR. He misled women about their health, telling some women they had cancer when they did not, and had others sign consent forms for procedures when they were under anesthesia…