The Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has called on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to summon the management of three major health facilities over the alleged denial of emergency care to hit-and-run victim Charles Amissah.
The hospitals cited are the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Police Hospital, and the Greater Accra Regional Hospital.
Mr. Afenyo-Markin said the matter, which reportedly occurred on February 6, 2026, and led to Mr. Amissah’s death, must not be left unresolved.
He stressed that any individual found culpable should face sanctions to serve as a deterrent.
According to him, Parliament’s Health Committee must conduct a comprehensive probe into the circumstances surrounding the incident to determine whether negligence or professional misconduct occurred.
Mr Speaker, with your directive, summon the Chief Executive Officers and the heads of the emergency units of the three hospitals involved. Demand the provision of duty rosters and bed occupancy records for that night, he urged.
He further called for a determination as to whether the 2018 Ghana Health Service directive on emergency care was breached.
They should establish conclusively whether the 2018 Ghana Health Service directive was breached and finally determine whether professional misconduct or negligence occurred. If misconduct is established, sanctions must follow; if negligence is proven, prosecution must follow, he stated.
The Minority Leader also appealed to the Ghana Police Service to intensify efforts to identify and arrest the driver responsible for the hit-and-run incident.
I call upon the Ghana Police Service to deploy every resource, investigative technique and intelligence capability at their disposal to track down and apprehend this individual, he added.
Background
The deceased, 29-year-old Charles Amissah, an engineer with Promasidor Ghana Limited, sustained severe shoulder injuries in a hit-and-run accident at the Circle Overpass in Accra on February 6, 2026.
He was stabilised by emergency medical services (EMS) personnel and prepared for transfer to a hospital for further treatment.
Reports indicate that Amissah was unable to secure admission at the Police Hospital, Ridge Hospital, and Korle Bu due to a lack of available beds. While at Korle Bu, he reportedly went into cardiac arrest.
He was later pronounced dead despite cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to revive him.
Source: 3news
