Over 500 women, mostly Black and on Medicaid, are hitting a Virginia hospital with a jaw-dropping $6 billion lawsuit, claiming a rogue OB/GYN mutilated their bodies for profit over a decade, The New York Times reports.
In the lawsuit filed on December 29 in Chesapeake City Circuit Court, and recently shared by Atlanta Black Star, Chesapeake Regional Medical Center and five CEOs are being sued for letting Dr. Javaid Perwaiz continue practicing medicine and seeing patients despite several red flags.
Perwaiz is currently serving a 59-year prison sentence on healthcare fraud charges after being accused of tricking low-income moms into unnecessary C-sections, hysterectomies, and sterilizations without actual consent. Perwaiz would frequently backdate forms and lie about patients having fibroids or fake cancer scares…