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According to a bombshell lawsuit obtained by Atlanta Black Star, more than 600 women are pursuing $6 billion in damages, claiming they were forced to undergo medically unnecessary procedures — such as C-sections and hysterectomies — at the hands of now-imprisoned OB/GYN Javaid Perwaiz over the course of nearly a decade. The legal action names a Virginia hospital along with multiple current and former top executives as defendants.

Filed on Dec. 29, 2025, in Chesapeake City Circuit Court, the complaint claims Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC) irresponsibly granted and maintained surgical privileges for gynecologist Javaid Perwaiz, even after repeated warnings from hospital staff and insurance companies about his dangerous medical practices.

The lawsuit against Javaid Perwaiz alleges medical misconduct and more.

The plaintiffs — most of whom are Black women — are each demanding $10 million in compensation. They allege the hospital, current CEO James Reese Jackson, and four former senior executives knowingly allowed 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.”

As stated in the lawsuit, “The procedures that Perwaiz performed on Plaintiffs included irreversible hysterectomies and other medically unnecessary surgeries.”

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Court documents further allege that in November 2014, a patient informed CRMC that Perwaiz had removed her uterus due to what he claimed was a pre-cancerous condition, only for her to later learn the lesion was still present. One plaintiff, Denita Adams-Jordan, received care from Perwaiz at CRMC between roughly 2005 and 2019. During that period, and specifically from around 2005 through November 2019, the doctor allegedly performed multiple unnecessary and non-consensual dilation and curettage (D&C) procedures on her. 

D&C’s are used to remove tissue from the lining of the uterus, involving gently opening the cervix (dilation) and scraping or suctioning the uterine lining (curettage) with a special instrument, often to diagnose or treat abnormal bleeding, remove tissue after a miscarriage, or check for uterine cancer. 

The post ‘I Do Not Have A Uterus’ — Over 600 Women Sue Hospital After OB-GYN Performed Unnecessary C-Sections And Hysterectomies On Mostly Black Women appeared first on MadameNoire.

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