Chairman of Parliament’s Health Committee, Dr Mark Kurt Nawaane, has praised the committee that investigated the death of Charles Amissah for what he described as its bold and transparent findings.
Speaking on Citi FM’s The Big Issue on Saturday, May 9, Dr. Nawaane commended members for openly identifying both institutions and health professionals connected to lapses in the handling of the 29-year-old engineer’s case.
“Let me use the opportunity to commend the committee for bringing out these salient issues from their probe,” he said.
According to him, the stance taken by the Minister of Health helped strengthen the committee’s resolve to carry out a thorough investigation without shielding anyone from scrutiny.
“Indeed,, the minister of health said that when they are ready, he is not going to shield anybody and he is not going to hide the report,” Dr. Nawaane stated.
He noted that the assurance from the minister encouraged the committee to go beyond general findings and specifically name facilities and medical personnel who may face questioning or disciplinary action.
“I believe that must have emboldened the committee for the first time to come out with not only the facilities involved but even names of health professionals who should be invited for questioning or action,” he added.
Dr. Nawaane described the level of detail in the report as unprecedented in investigations of this nature.
“This is the first time that a probe has been set up and they have gone that far,” he said.
The investigative committee chaired by Agyeman Badu Akosa concluded that failures by medical staff at the Police Hospital, Greater Accra Regional Hospital and the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital contributed to Charles Amissah’s death on February 6.
The report cited delays in emergency intervention, weak coordination among health facilities and lapses in clinical judgment as key factors that led to what the committee described as an avoidable death.
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