More than 500 mostly Black women sued a Virginia hospital after a doctor sterilized them by performing unnecessary hysterectomies without authorization.
Dr. Javaid Perwaiz was convicted of Medicaid fraud and sentenced to 59 years in prison after his medical license was revoked.
The lawsuit names Chesapeake Regional Medical Center and officials as defendants.
510 women sued the hospital in December 2025, seeking $10 million each. The women accused the doctor of performing unnecessary sterilization procedures on them after they gave birth.
The lawsuit accuses CRMC of negligence in supervising gynecologist Dr. Perwaiz who performed hysterectomies on the women after delivering their babies.
Court documents allege CRMC ignored red flags by providing surgical privileges to Perwaiz despite multiple warnings from hospital staff and insurance providers.
Federal prosecutors accused Perwaiz of using “fear to remove organs from their bodies that he had no right to take.”
Some of the women signed consent forms for the procedures while under anesthesia. Perwaiz then sent requests for payment to their insurance companies.
He is accused of defrauding Medicaid and insurance companies out of millions of dollars.
Perwaiz, who lost his medical license in Virginia, was convicted of health care fraud in 2020. He is currently serving a 59-year sentence in federal prison for conducting irreversible hysterectomies, improper sterilizations, and other procedures on unsuspecting women.
