A three-member committee investigating the death of Charles Amissah has concluded that he died due to medical neglect, not the injuries from the accident raising serious concerns about the country’s emergency healthcare response.
The 29-year-old engineer with Promasidor Ghana Limited was hit in a hit-and-run near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Overpass in Accra on February 6, 2026.
Although he was first attended to by the National Ambulance Service, he struggled to get emergency care afterward.
Reports say several hospitals including the Police Hospital, Ridge Hospital, and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital turned him away due to a lack of available beds.
He died while still being transported, triggering public outrage and renewed scrutiny of Ghana’s emergency healthcare system.
The incident led to the formation of a three-member committee to investigate what happened, amid concerns about treatment delays and systemic failures.
Committee chair Agyeman Badu Akosa said autopsy results show the victim could have survived if he had received timely medical care.
“And the pathology confirms a slow death from medical neglect, and was not from the instant trauma. What it means is that if at any of these facilities, there had been medical intervention, Charles Amissah could have survived,” Prof. Akosa said.
He explained that the cause of death was excessive blood loss resulting from a severe injury to the upper arm.
“Charles Amissah died of exsanguination excessive loss of blood due to an upper right arm bone and soft tissue injury, causing damage to the adductor,” he added.
