Disciplinary Charges Dropped Against BC Doctor Opposed to COVID-19 Vaccines

Dr. Charles Hoffe speaks at the White Rock Seventh-Day Adventist Church on March 2, 2024. Jeff Sandes/The Epoch Times

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC) has dropped misconduct allegations against Dr. Charles Hoffe, a family physician from Lytton, B.C., who favoured ivermectin to treat COVID-19 instead of vaccines.

The CPSBC issued a citation against Hoffe on Feb. 22, 2022, which said that starting in April 2021, he published “statements on social media and other digital platforms that were misleading, incorrect or inflammatory about vaccinations, treatments, and public measures relating to COVID-19.”

The citation said Hoffe publicly expressed that ivermectin was “an advisable treatment for COVID-19,” including the animal variety; that COVID-19 vaccinations cause microscopic blood clots, neurological harm, female infertility, and more deaths than public health was acknowledging; and that vaccinated persons could cause harm to unvaccinated persons.

On Feb. 5, the CPSBC wrote to Hoffe’s lawyer, Lee Turner, to say that the college was withdrawing proceedings against Hoffe, stating that the process had dragged on too long.

The Epoch Times reached out to CPSBC and Turner for a copy of the letter, but neither has responded by publication time. Hoffe told The Epoch Times that he himself has not yet seen the letter, but that he was “blown away” to hear from his lawyer that his long battle was over.

“I could hardly believe it. I had been praying for this, and yet, when it happened, I was surprised,” Hoffe said. “I didn’t think they would take my medical licence, but I was expecting an enormous fine.”

Hoffe was critical of COVID vaccines based on what he said he observed from his patients. He wrote an open letter to Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry in April 2021, sharing his concerns. Shortly thereafter, Interior Health revoked his hospital privileges, which he said cut his income in half.

He said he had seven patients who suffered from neurological side effects that persisted for months after vaccination. He submitted 14 reports of COVID-19 vaccine harms within his own practice, but they were refused by the authorities without investigation, he added.

The B.C. government says the vaccines are safe and remain recommended.

Hoffe expressed some disappointment at being unable to present his case before the tribunal, nor hear the college justify its own decisions. Eight experts were scheduled to testify on Hoffe’s behalf, and eight for the college at hearings slated for April, May, and June 2025.

Hoffe, now 66 years old, said he will not try to resume duties in local emergency rooms.

“Suddenly I could hear a siren at night, and I would think, ‘Hey, I’m not in the ER anymore.’ I’d just roll over and go back to sleep,” he said. “I had no idea what a sacrifice that I'd been making for all those years, getting out of bed in the middle of the night to go and resuscitate somebody.”

However, other consequences of Hoffe’s stance have been less welcome.

“My wife and my children left me over this whole thing that has been dragging on. My problems with Interior Health and the college were the last straw in my marriage, and broke it because it made my wife feel so unsafe that I was standing up against the government,” he said.

“I need to start a new life. I’ve lost that which I loved most, which was my wife and my children. And so I don’t know what God has for me, but I'll wait and see,” Hoffe said.