PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A former member of the Virginia Board of Medicine was surprised to learn of allegations that a whistleblower was reprimanded by Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, as described in a federal indictment related to convicted OB-GYN Javaid Perwaiz.
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Perwaiz was arrested in 2019 and convicted in 2020 on federal charges of healthcare fraud and making false statements. Dozens of patients were subjected to unnecessary and dangerous procedures at Chesapeake Regional and other locations.
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The indictment claims that a whistleblower colleague of Perwaiz, identified only as W.R., complained to the Board of Medicine and was reprimanded by CRMC and forced to apologize to its president.
Stephen Heretick, a former delegate and former member of the Board of Medicine, was stunned at learning what had happened to W.R.
“That surprises me greatly, because the safety of the practice does rely upon individuals such as other practitioners to point out practices such as these,” he said in a Friday afternoon interview. “We rely upon whistleblowers.”
Heretick was also stumped after reviewing Perwaiz’s Board of Medicine file. He pointed to a 1984 document that cited Perwaiz for numerous infractions, but the file contains no corresponding punishment.
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