Harold Hoke was investigated for dumping fetuses and medical waste at Colwick Towers dumpster summer of 1992. Hoke claimed that his Hallmark Clinic sent such material out through a disposal firm, but the firm’s records showed no materials received from Hoke for 2 months.
“On August 12 and August 22, a Charlotte Observer reporter saw a considerable amount of fetal tissue removed from the dumpster adjacent to the clinic. The remains, deposited in 10 to 15 large plastic trash bags, included readily identifiable body parts. Among them were a left forearm and hand, a left leg and foot, a right forearm and hand, part of a right foot, and a spinal column and rib cage. In several cases the remains had been dumped in trash bags along with ordinary garbage: coffee grounds, cigarette butts and remnants of chicken dinners.”
Hoke was quoted as responding, “I don’t care what you saw. If you saw a little green monster there, somebody else put it there.” Such dumping would be in violation of state law requiring certain packaging and incineration of such materials.
Note: Hoke’s privileges were denied at one hospital in early 1970s, and rescinded at another in 1983. The second hospital alleged he was unqualified. In 1974 the North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners brought 20 charges of “dishonorable and unprofessional conduct” against Hoke, alleging negligent handling of abortions, performing abortions without adequate pregnancy tests, knowingly performing abortions on non-pregnant women, false representations in his brochure describing Hallmark Clinic, soliciting false accusations against other doctors with whom he had disputes, and mental condition rendering him unfit to practice medicine. Two additional charges the board noted later that year alleged unnecessary surgery and a misdemeanor charge in Georgia.
Source: Charlotte Observer 9-2-92 Gaston County Superior Court File #74CVS5135; Mecklenburg County Superior Court Files #73CVS3081, #82CVS406 and #84CVS8994; Charlotte District Court Case #CC7501; Cumberland County Superior Court File #84CVS1681; Union County Superior Court Case #84CV0148; United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte Division C.C. #85-551-M; United States District Court, South Carolina, Greenville Division C.A. #83-1585-14; and Bartow County Superior Court Civil Action File #10529.
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