Hawaii army hospital is notifying former patients of gynecologist accused of secretly filming women

An Army hospital in Hawaii will begin contacting former patients of Dr. Blaine McGraw, who is under investigation for allegedly filming women during exams.

An Army hospital in Hawaii said Friday it will begin notifying former patients of a gynecologist who is under criminal investigation for allegedly filming women during examinations.

The gynecologist, Dr. Blaine McGraw, worked at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii from June 2019 to June 2023, the hospital said. He had recently been practicing at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at the Fort Hood military base in Texas.

The announcement from Tripler that it plans to reach out to McGraw's former patients comes five weeks after Fort Hood officials suspended McGraw and a criminal probe was launched.

The first batch of letters are expected to go out sometime Friday, according to a source familiar with the matter. The number of patients has not been finalized, but it could be more than 1,500, the source said.

It's not yet known how many, if any, are victims of the crimes being investigated.