One of three major Accra hospitals that failed to provide emergency care to engineer Charles Amissah after a February 2026 hit-and-run accident.
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… What makes this case especially troubling is that the patient reportedly arrived alive at three major health facilities: the Police Hospital, the Greater Accra Regional Hospital and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. …
The avoidable death of Charles Amissah: A national indictment of Ghana’s emergency care systemJoy Online
… Several doctors and nurses at the Police Hospital, Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital were named for failing to provide care at critical moments. …
Health Minister orders sanctions for health workers named in Amissah death probeJoy Online
… he team was tasked with two main objectives: “to conduct a comprehensive and independent investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of Charles Amissah” and to examine “the alleged denial of emergency care… at the Police Hospital, the Greater Accra Regional Hospital …
Committee probing death of Charles Amissah submits report to Health MinisterJoy Online
… The committee further identified several medical professionals it says failed to exercise appropriate ethical and professional judgment by not attending to the patient during critical stages of care at the Police Hospital, Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and Korle Bu Teaching Ho …
Hospital Staff named in Charles Amissah death probe as committee calls for sanctionsJoy Online
… However, the committee says the patient was not stabilised at the first point of contact and was subsequently transferred to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital at 22:58. …
Here are the four hospitals Charles Amissah moved through in 118 minutes before he diedJoy Online
… Chair of the committee, Agyeman Badu Akosa, said the Police Hospital, Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital all received the patient but failed to provide immediate intervention. …
Hospitals failed to triage Charles Amissah despite arrival alive — CommitteeElizabeth Donkor, a trader and mother of four in her 40s, has been identified as one of two casualties in Sunday's three-storey building collapse at the North Industrial Area in Avenor, Accra. Two other occupants were rescued in critical condition and sent to hospital.
8 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Elizabeth Donkor, a trader and mother of four in her 40s, has been identified as one of two casualties in Sunday's three-storey building collapse at the North Industrial Area in Avenor, Accra. Two other occupants were rescued in critical condition and sent to hospital.
8 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Matilda Amissah, sister of deceased engineer Charles Henry Amissah, has sued three major hospitals, several health professionals, and the Attorney General, seeking GH¢20 million in general damages. She alleges negligent care and denial of emergency bed availability following her brother's hit-and-run accident on February 6, 2026, which she claims led to his death at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
21 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr. Hadi Mohammed Abdallah says Ghana's healthcare system failures reflect deeper institutional problems rather than individual blame, arguing the country responds emotionally to tragedies without implementing meaningful reforms or policy changes to prevent recurrence.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Energy analyst Kwadwo Poku has criticized the police for failing to arrest the driver in the hit-and-run death of Charles Amissah, questioning the effectiveness of Accra's surveillance infrastructure including CCTV cameras on Huawei poles at major intersections.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Arthur Kennedy criticised the Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa Committee report on the death of engineer Charles Amissah, arguing that Ghana's healthcare emergency is the result of longstanding structural failures including the "no-bed syndrome" rather than individual staff negligence. Kennedy contended the committee's findings did not adequately address the deeper institutional neglect that successive governments have failed to tackle.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
US-based Ghanaian doctor Dr Arthur Kennedy has called for urgent and comprehensive reforms in Ghana's healthcare system, arguing that the Prof Agyeman Badu Akosa Committee report on the "no-bed syndrome" does not sufficiently address deeper structural failures underlying the country's emergency healthcare crisis.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
International corporate lawyer Victor Bright has called on the public to move beyond outrage over the death of 29-year-old engineer Charles Amissah and focus on implementing the recommendations of a government inter-ministerial committee, which found that Amissah died from medical neglect and denial of emergency healthcare after being turned away by three major hospitals in Accra following a hit-and-run accident on February 6, 2026.
9 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Medical Association has expressed concern over threats to medical doctors named in an investigation into Charles Amissah's death, with the GMA President saying the doctors have been exposed to public hostility, online harassment, and threats following the report's public release. He described the decision to publicly identify the doctors as "unfortunate" and argued there were better ways to handle the matter without exposing them.
8 May 2026 · Daily Guide →
Former Health Minister Bernard Okoe Boye has called for restraint in public discussion of the investigative report into engineer Charles Amissah's death, cautioning against drawing conclusions based only on portions of the report that have entered the public domain. He argued that such sensitive investigations require careful handling and due process before final determinations are made.
8 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A government-appointed committee investigating the death of 29-year-old engineer Charles Amissah concluded that medical neglect and denial of emergency care after he was turned away by three major Accra hospitals caused his death. The committee found serious failures in emergency response and patient management at the Police Hospital, Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital following a hit-and-run accident on 6 February 2026.
7 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A committee report into the death of Charles Amissah from severe arm injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on 6 February 2026 concludes his death was avoidable through basic interventions including wound compression, fluid resuscitation and blood transfusion. The report documents systemic failures across multiple institutions—ambulance services, triage systems, emergency departments, clinical leadership and professional ethics—as the patient arrived alive at three major health facilities but was failed at each critical stage of trauma response.
7 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Following a committee report on engineer Charles Amissah's death after a hit-and-run in Accra, the Health Minister has directed disciplinary action against several health professionals at Police Hospital, Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for failing to provide care. The committee found serious lapses in emergency response and concluded the death was avoidable.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A three-member committee investigating Charles Amissah's death has submitted its report to the Health Minister, concluding his death could have been prevented with timely medical intervention. The committee examined circumstances surrounding his death from a road traffic accident and reviewed whether emergency care was improperly denied at three hospitals: the Police Hospital, Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The Akosa Committee investigating the February 2026 death of a 29-year-old engineer has identified multiple health professionals across three hospitals for allegedly failing to provide timely emergency care, and also raised concerns about ambulance personnel lacking critical training in life support and trauma response.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
An investigative committee reconstructed the timeline of Charles Amissah's death following a hit-and-run incident near Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra on February 6, 2026. The 29-year-old engineer was transported through multiple hospitals without being stabilised, with the committee documenting a chain of movement that ended in his death after more than an hour of attempts to secure definitive care.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A committee investigating the death of 29-year-old Charles Amissah found that the Police Hospital, Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital all received him alive but failed to provide immediate triage and stabilising interventions. Amissah was hit by a vehicle near Kwame Nkrumah Circle Overpass in Accra on February 6, 2026, and died in transit after being turned away by multiple facilities.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →