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Dr. Charles Hoffeee Sworn: Town Doctor in Lytton, BC

Day 2 · 7:52:32 · Dean Allison · Charles Hoffe · Jennifer Britain

  • ✝️ Family and former ER doctor Charles Hoffee swears on the Bible before the inquiry.
  • 🏞️ He has been the only resident doctor in mostly First Nations Lytton, BC, since 1993—about 33 years.
  • 🚗 The remote town sits roughly four hours from Vancouver and hours from Kelowna or Kamloops.

Expert witness background as long-serving rural town doctor.

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Transcript

Dean Allison · 7:52:32

So our next witness is Dr. Charles Hoffee. Uh, Charles, I didn't ask you if you're okay swearing on the Bible or whether you'd like to affirm.

Charles Hoffe · 7:52:41

I would like to swear on the Bible.

Dean Allison · 7:52:43

So if you take the Bible in your right hand. Dr. Charles Hoffee, do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Charles Hoffe · 7:52:53

I do.

Dean Allison · 7:52:55

Now, you're a medical doctor. Can you describe for us where your practice is and kind of describe your practice and how long you've been there.

Charles Hoffe · 7:53:07

I'm a family doctor and former ER doctor. I live and work in Lytton, BC. It's a small, mostly First Nations community in the southern interior of British Columbia, and I've been there since 1993.

Dean Allison · 7:53:25

So don't make me do the math. How many years is that?

Charles Hoffe · 7:53:27

So that's 20— 33 years.

Dean Allison · 7:53:30

Okay. So you and you're— are you the only doctor?

Charles Hoffe · 7:53:35

I'm the only doctor that lives in that town. There are some others that come in periodically that sort of cycle through it. But no, I'm the only— I'm the town doctor.

Dean Allison · 7:53:44

Okay. So you're the town doctor. And in this, like, Lytton really is out of the way. Like, isn't it like 3.5 hours to Vancouver?

Charles Hoffe · 7:53:56

It's about 4 hours to Vancouver, 3 hours to Kelowna, 2 hours to Kamloops.

Jennifer Britain · 7:54:00

It's right.

Dean Allison · 7:54:01

But yeah, but Kamloops and Kelowna themselves are small cities. So yes. Okay. So when you're, you're the doctor, 33 years.