NORFOLK, Va. – More than 100 additional women have joined a lawsuit against Chesapeake Regional Medical Center and its executives that alleges they allowed an obstetrician and gynecologist to perform unnecessary surgeries on his patients.
In two separate lawsuits filed in Chesapeake City Court since Dec. 29, the plaintiffs – now totaling more than 900 – claim the hospital and its executives are responsible for allowing Dr. Javaid Perwaiz to continue operating there after hospital staff continuously sounded alarms.
“This is the largest civil rights violation in health care in recent U.S. history,” said Anthony DiPierto, co-counsel for the plaintiffs…