Whistleblower nurse Vanessa Sivadge secures first ‘detransitioner clinic’ in settlement with Texas Children’s Hospital
August 7, 2026
A Christian nurse who was fired from her job at Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) after exposing alleged Medicaid fraud related to the illegal castration of minors, has secured a settlement that includes the hospital establishing the first free detransitioner clinic in the United States.
According to a Wednesday press release from Burke Law Group, which represented Vanessa Sivadge, the clinic is slated to provide free treatment for patients up to age 21 who underwent trans procedures at TCH or elsewhere and need help healing from fertility-related injuries, endocrine system damage, psychiatry and other long-term health damage.
The Christian Post reports that, under the settlement agreement, TCH must open the clinic by the end of October, pay $10 million in penalties to resolve Medicaid fraud claims, and fire five physicians who carried out sex-rejecting procedures in violation of Texas law.
Sivadge made headlines in 2024 after she claimed the FBI threatened her and TCH fired her after she anonymously leaked to journalist Christopher Rufo in 2023 that the largest children’s hospital in the U.S. was using federal funds to cover cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers for minors in violation of state law.
According to the Christian Post, Sivadge was fired the next year after she requested a religious accommodation that would have transferred her out of the endocrinology clinic, where she alleged she was forced into “indirect participation in the care of children on cross-sex hormones.”
In a statement, Sivadge affirmed that her sacrifice was worthwhile, saying, “This has been a hard road and the scars from this journey will not soon wear off. I lost the job I loved and the career I worked so hard to build. But now? America’s First Detransitioner Clinic. Five doctors fired. $10 million dollars paid back to the government. Countless internal reforms and ethics requirements. It’s extraordinary. It’s unprecedented. It was worth it.”
Photo: top, Credit: GiveSendGo/Vanessa Sivadge