Committee Names Doctors and Nurses Who Allegedly Caused Death of Engineer Charles Amissah

• The Akosa Committee named four doctors and 3 nurses for failing to provide emergency care to hit-and-run victim Charles Amissah
• Investigation findings indicated that emergency medical technicians lacked critical life-support training and acted as "couriers" rather than lifesavers
• The report recommended that the identified medical staff be referred to regulatory bodies like the Medical and Dental Council for disciplinary action

The Akosa Committee, tasked with investigating the death of 29-year-old engineer Charles Amissah, has indicted multiple health professionals for failing to provide emergency care.

The committee, according to a report by Joynews on May 6, 2026, identified staff across the Police Hospital, Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital who reportedly failed to attend to the victim during his life-threatening condition.

Names of medical professionals who failed Charles

Among those cited in the report is Dr Anne Marie Kuduwa, who is accused of failing to attend to Amissah at the Police Hospital and providing untruthful information.

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Other doctors named for similar failures include Dr Nina Naomi Adotevi, Dr Ida Drunt and Dr Genevieve Ajah.

Nursing staff were also listed in the findings, including Ms B. Texson, Ms Joy Daisy Nelson, and Ms Salamatu Alhassan Adu.

Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa, chair of the committee, raised serious concerns about the competence of the ambulance personnel involved in the case.

In his words:

“They were just couriers really, and could not, without these skills, maintain life whilst in the ambulance”.

The committee has recommended urgent reforms, including a national electronic bed management system, to prevent such tragic lapses in the future.

Charles Amissah’s last call with mom emerges

YEN.com.gh previously reported that the sister of Charles Amissah, the 29-year-old engineer who died after three government hospitals allegedly denied him emergency care, has broken her silence about the unfortunate passing of her brother

In a video on the X page of GHOne TV, Rahj Amissiah opened up on happenings leading to the tragic incident and how the family found out that their relative was no more.

Source: YEN.com.gh