The Clinical Auditor for the Southern Zone of the National Ambulance Service, Martin Ewuah Amoah, has disclosed that steps are being taken to provide psychological support for the ambulance team involved in the case of 29-year-old Charles Amissah.
Mr. Amoah said the experience has been emotionally traumatic for the personnel, and the Service is working to ensure they receive the necessary counselling.
Speaking in an interview on the Point of View with Bernard Avle on Channel One TV on Monday, February 23, 2026, he explained that the Service has a psychology team that supports staff who go through distressing incidents.
“We are trying to get them psychological help. When people go through such cases, we have a psychology team that we send them to help them to get over some of these emotional traumas that they go through. That is the way we’re trying to help them get back on their feet. Seeing a life slip out of your hands can be very traumatic,” he said.
His comments follow the death of Mr. Amissah, who was involved in a hit-and-run accident at the Circle Overpass in Accra on February 6, 2026.
Mr. Amissah, an engineer with Promasidor Ghana Limited, makers of Cowbell milk and other food products, was reportedly stabilised by Emergency Medical Technicians from the National Ambulance Service after the incident.
He was, however, allegedly turned away by three major hospitals in Accra — Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, and Police Hospital — for nearly three hours due to the unavailability of bed space. He later died.
