Minority Leader Demands Investigation into Charles Amissah’s Death
The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has urged the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to summon the management of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Police Hospital, and Greater Accra Regional Hospital before the Health Committee over the alleged denial of medical care to a hit-and-run victim, Charles Amissah, on February 6, 2026 — an incident that reportedly led to his death.
According to him, the matter cannot be left unresolved, stressing that any individual found culpable must be sanctioned to serve as a deterrent.
The Effutu Member of Parliament maintained that the Health Committee must conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death to determine whether negligence occurred and to ensure appropriate action is taken if wrongdoing is established.
“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.
“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.
He further called on the Ghana Police Service to intensify efforts to identify and apprehend the driver responsible for the 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.
