Ghana’s Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has directed disciplinary action against several health professionals following the release of a committee report into the death of Charles Amissah. Presenting the findings, the minister said the report revealed serious failures within the country’s trauma response system.
According to the report, Charles Amissah sustained severe upper arm injuries in a motorcycle accident on February 6, 2026. Post-mortem findings showed that he died from catastrophic blood loss caused by damage to the axillary and brachial arteries and veins. The committee concluded that Charles Amissah died from exsanguination and that his life could likely have been saved through relatively basic interventions, including wound compression, fluid resuscitation, and blood transfusion.
The report noted that the patient reportedly arrived alive at the Police Hospital, the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, but was not properly triaged or stabilised at any of the facilities.
It further stated that at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, the ambulance crew was reportedly redirected to the University of Ghana Medical Centre while the patient remained critically unstable.
Kwabena Mintah Akandoh said he initially constituted a three-member committee but later approved the addition of more members to strengthen the work of the committee.
He commended the committee chaired by Dr. Agyeman Badu Akosa and reiterated his promise to make the findings public.
The minister stressed that the focus now is to prevent avoidable deaths in the future.
“And therefore, without wasting much time, I want to accordingly direct my Chief Director, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Health, to write to the following people, the following health professionals, and their hospitals, and their regulators, that disciplinary actions be taken against them,” he added.
The health professionals named by the minister include Dr Anne-Marie Kudowo, Dr Nina Naomin Eyram, Dr Aida Druante, Dr Genevieve Adjah, Ms Akosua B. Turkson, Joy Daisy Nelson, and Salamatu Alhassan.
According to the minister, the individuals are to be referred to their respective hospitals as well as the Medical and Dental Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council, for further action.
Kwabena Mintah Akandoh acknowledged that some of the affected facilities had already begun disciplinary processes and urged them to expedite action.
He also disclosed that the Ministry of Health had already started implementing an electronic bed management system involving the barcoding and inventory tracking of beds at regional and teaching hospitals.
The minister added that the Critical Care and Emergency Centre at the Ghana Armed Forces would also be opened to the public following directives from President John Mahama. According to him, the facility, supported by the World Bank and the World Health Organization, is a national asset that must be optimised for the benefit of all Ghanaians.
