Accra, May 6, GNA – A committee constituted to investigative the death of Mr Charles Amissah has reported that the 29-year-old engineer died from denial of emergency care and medical neglect.
Professor Badu Akosa, Chairman of the six-member Committee, who presented the report in Accra on Wednesday, said Mr Amissah died from excessive blood loss (exsanguination) following a motorcycle accident at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Overhead Bridge on February 6, 2026.
He said pathology reports confirmed that the victim suffered a “slow death from medical neglect” rather than instant trauma, indicating that timely intervention at any stage could have saved his life.
‘The Report on Investigations into the Untimely Death of Charles Amissah Due to the Denial of Emergency Care at the Police, Korle Bu and Ridge Hospitals’ showed that the ambulance arrived at the accident scene at 22:32 hours, and transported the patient who was alive throughout the referrals to three major health facilities.
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