Chairman of Parliament’s Health Committee, Mark Kurt Nawaane, says the committee will hold discussions with the three-member investigative team that examined the circumstances surrounding the death of Charles Amissah in order to fully assess the findings and recommendations contained in its report.
According to Dr Nawaane, the meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 7, will enable the Health Committee to receive detailed briefings on the investigation and determine the appropriate next steps.
Speaking in an interview on Dwaso Nsem on Adom FM, the Nabdam MP said Parliament’s Health Committee is treating the matter with urgency following public outrage and revelations emerging from the investigative report.
Dr Nawaane stressed that the incident cannot be blamed solely on infrastructure deficits or lack of medical equipment, insisting that the conduct of health professionals involved must also be scrutinised.
“May his soul rest in peace, and my condolences to the bereaved family. This incident is not about us needing new hospitals or equipment; the medical staff did not pay attention to him,” he said.
According to him, basic emergency procedures could have significantly improved Charles Amissah’s chances of survival.
“Because if they did, he wouldn’t have lost that excess blood. The simple stopping of the bleeding, transfusion and taking him to the theatre, he would have been saved and alive by now,” he added.
The Health Committee Chairman cautioned against politicising the matter or reducing it to a debate over different governments, arguing that attention should instead be focused on addressing failures within the healthcare system.
“So, we shouldn’t make this a problem of successive governments. We should tackle the problem as it is,” he stated.
Based on information already made public, Dr Nawaane said there are strong indications of medical negligence by some health professionals involved in handling the case.
“From the press briefing and the information that has been put out, we can say this is medical negligence on the part of our own health professionals in the hospitals,” he said.
Charles Amissah died on February 6, 2026, after reportedly being denied admission at multiple health facilities following a hit-and-run incident at the Circle Interchange.
Presenting findings from the investigation, committee chairman Agyeman Badu Akosa stated that Amissah died from severe blood loss caused by a deep injury to his upper arm that damaged major blood vessels.
According to the committee, the death could have been prevented through timely interventions, including proper compression and dressing of the wound as well as the administration of intravenous fluids during transportation to hospital facilities.
