Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa, Chairman of the committee that investigated the death of engineer Charles Amissah, says personnel of the National Ambulance Service could have done more to stabilise him before he was transported to the three health facilities that neglected him.
The committee was constituted following media reports that Charles Amissah was denied emergency medical care at the Police Hospital, the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after he was involved in an accident leading to his death.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s The Point of View with Bernard Avle on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, Prof. Badu Akosa acknowledged that ambulance personnel arrived at the accident scene within five minutes but failed to adequately manage the victim’s bleeding.
According to him, the emergency responders could have packed the wound better, compressed the injury, and tied the injured hand close to the chest to reduce blood loss.
“They could have packed the wound a lot better, and they could have compressed. They could have tied the hand close to the chest to stop the bleeding because that is the first thing to do when someone is haemorrhaging,” he said.
Prof. Akosa also criticised the training and equipment available to ambulance personnel, describing both as inadequate.
“Unfortunately, their training is very poor. The ambulance didn’t have fluids, facility for IV cannulas. The monitoring couldn’t continue. The tube on the blood pressure cuff was taken off,” he added.
The committee’s report, submitted earlier in May 2026, concluded that Mr Amissah died following a motorcycle accident in February, with investigators attributing the fatality largely to lapses in emergency response across several health facilities.
It found that he succumbed to exsanguination, severe blood loss resulting from a deep upper arm injury that severed major blood vessels. The report further stated that prompt and coordinated emergency intervention at critical stages could have prevented his death.
