Public hospital in Accra that turned away an ambulance carrying hit-and-run victim Charles Amissah in February 2026.
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Joy Online
… The report, found serious failures in emergency response and patient management at the Police Hospital, the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital) and the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. …
Full Report: Probe Committee Report on Charles Amissah’s deathJoy Online
… 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
… The thing that saves Charles Amissah is a front door at Korle-Bu, Ridge, or Police Hospital that is not already occupied by people who never needed to be there, because someone at a CHPS compound forty minutes earlier had the drug, the doctor, and the authority to keep them where …
We do not have a no-bed problem, we have an ineffictive triage problemJoy Online
… The thing that saves Charles Amissah is a front door at Korle-Bu, Ridge, or Police Hospital that is not already occupied by people who never needed to be there, because someone at a CHPS compound forty minutes earlier had the drug, the doctor, and the authority to keep them where …
We do not have a no-bed problem. We have an ineffective triage problemJoy Online
… Reports indicate that he was turned away by multiple health facilities, including the Police Hospital, Ridge Hospital, and the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, reportedly due to a lack of available beds. …
Charles Amissah death report raises concerns over National Ambulance Service responseJoy 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
… committee, Agyeman Badu Akosa, said the 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 …
Committee probing death of Charles Amissah submits report to Health MinisterJoy Online
… Reports indicate that he was turned away by multiple health facilities, including the Police Hospital, Ridge Hospital, and the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, reportedly due to a lack of available beds. …
Family of Charles Amissah launches foundation for emergency care reformJoy 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
… From there, 11 minutes later, they arrived at Police Hospital,” he explained. 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 diedPolice have received a DNA report but are awaiting the full autopsy report in the July 2025 murder case of Ghana Immigration Service officer Stephen King Amoah, whose partially burnt body was found at Ashongman Estates in Accra. Two suspects, Bright Aweh and Thomas Zigah, have been remanded in police custody pending trial, with the court adjourning the case to June 29, 2026.
17 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Police have received a DNA report but are awaiting the full autopsy report in the July 2025 murder case of Ghana Immigration Service officer Stephen King Amoah, whose partially burnt body was found at Ashongman Estates in Accra. Two suspects, Bright Aweh and Thomas Zigah, have been remanded in police custody pending trial, with the court adjourning the case to June 29, 2026.
17 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A suspected armed robber, identified as 'Mugu' by residents, died from a gunshot wound following a taxi hijacking near La Girls' School in Accra on Saturday, June 13. The suspect allegedly attacked a taxi driver, fired a gunshot, and stole a Daewoo Matiz taxi before the stolen vehicle crashed; police are investigating the circumstances of the suspect's death.
14 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has highlighted critical equipment operating around the clock at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital due to relentless patient demand from Ghana and neighbouring countries. Following talks with government officials, the association suspended its planned strike and called for the reinstatement of suspended KATH Chief Executive Officer Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo, as well as urgent retooling of the facility to manage the pressure it faces.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association suspended its industrial action after government assured it was discussing the reversal of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital CEO Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo's suspension. The suspension had triggered widespread backlash from health professionals who attributed the hospital's challenges to systemic failures rather than individual administrative actions.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Interior Minister visited the scene of a fire at the Police Barracks in Accra Central that displaced several police families and destroyed personal belongings. The Government pledged temporary accommodation, financial assistance, clothing, and relief items from NADMO to support affected families.
5 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Inspector General of Police is seeking urgent accommodation for 140 families of police personnel whose homes at Accra Central Police barracks were destroyed by fire. About 100 families are currently sheltered in conference rooms at the Accra Regional Police Headquarters, while 40 have sought temporary shelter with relatives; the police administration plans to rent hotels and guest houses as an immediate measure.
5 June 2026 · The Chronicle →
The Accra Regional Police Command has clarified that no arrests have been made in connection with the fire outbreak at the Accra Central Police Barracks on June 3, contradicting earlier reports that a suspect had been arrested. Investigations into the cause of the fire remain ongoing.
4 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A fire swept through the Accra Water Works area on Wednesday night, destroying 32 rooms at the Accra Central Police Barracks Annex and a one-storey building. One firefighter was critically injured while battling the blaze, which was reported to the Ghana National Fire Service at 8:05 p.m. and completely extinguished at 3:41 a.m. Thursday.
4 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A 23-year-old commercial motorbike rider was convicted and sentenced to eight years imprisonment with hard labour by the Amasaman Circuit Court for conspiring with two others to rob a person of a cellular phone. The court considered the convict's age and cooperation in determining the sentence.
14 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 →
The Adabraka District Court has adjourned the case of policewoman Gifty Oppong, accused of killing taxi driver Edward Awuku Owusu at Tetegu near Weija, to May 26. The court directed the prosecution to expedite preparation of a duplicate docket for the Attorney-General's Department; the case has been pending since February 3, 2026.
13 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's CID has arrested a 25-year-old fetish priest in connection with the murder and mutilation of Joyce Akua Ampongmaa, a 40-year-old trader from Akweley Kasoa. Her mutilated body was discovered in a bush at Awutu Bentum on March 10, 2026; police say the suspect lured her into the bush under the pretext of gathering herbs and killed her with a cutlass.
12 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A committee chaired by Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa concluded that engineer Charles Amissah, knocked down at Circle Overpass in Accra on 6 February 2026, died from medical neglect rather than the collision itself. Three hospitals — Police Hospital, Ridge Hospital, and Korle Bu — turned away the ambulance, and Amissah bled to death from a laceration that any equipped hospital could have treated.
12 May 2026 · The Chronicle →
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 →
Dr Ekua Amoako argues that Charles Amissah's death reflects broader failings in Ghana's healthcare system, including abandonment of an effective Bed Management Network that once had 80 per cent national coverage and deterioration of the National Ambulance Service, which inherited over 300 ambulances but has since declined in effectiveness.
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 →
A physician argues that Ghana's emergency departments do not lack beds but lack proper triage systems at the door to sort patients appropriately. The author contends that structured scoring systems at admission—used in well-run A&Es globally—would direct appropriate cases to resus, majors, minors, or urgent care, preventing unnecessary admissions and freeing capacity for those who genuinely need emergency care.
7 May 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that Ghanaian A&E departments do not face a bed shortage but rather an ineffective triage system at the door. The author, drawing on overseas clinical experience, contends that proper triage scoring prevents unnecessary admissions and ensures urgent cases are seen quickly, unlike the current system that turned away patients including Charles Amissah from three hospitals.
7 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A three-member committee investigating Charles Amissah's death has raised concerns about the National Ambulance Service's response, identifying deficiencies in documentation of vital signs, equipment functionality (including a torn blood pressure cuff), and the absence of formal handover procedures between ambulance crews and hospitals. The report highlighted a lack of structured communication systems and proper chain-of-command interaction during the emergency response.
6 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 sister of hit-and-run victim Charles Amissah, Dr Matilda Amissah, has announced a foundation in his memory to address gaps in emergency healthcare and improve emergency response systems across Ghana. The family has pursued the case for over 10 years and aims to prevent similar tragedies through advocacy and support efforts.
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 →