A medical doctor has dragged three of Ghana’s major public hospitals, several healthcare professionals, and the Attorney General before the High Court in Accra, alleging that a series of negligent acts across multiple facilities cost her brother his life following a road accident in February 2026.
Dr. Matilda Amissah, suing as administratrix of the estate of her late brother, is seeking GH¢20 million in general damages over the death of Charles Henry Amissah, a 29-year-old Electronic and Automation Engineer with Promasidor Ghana Limited.
According to the statement of claim, Mr. Amissah was involved in a hit-and-run accident on the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Overpass at approximately 10:30 p.m. on February 6, 2026.
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The National Ambulance Service transported him to the Ghana Police Hospital, where staff allegedly declined to admit him, citing unavailable bed space – despite the patient bleeding heavily. Appeals by ambulance personnel to administer basic first aid were also allegedly ignored.
“He was bleeding profusely, yet no immediate care was given,” the suit implies, detailing the family’s anguish.
The ambulance then proceeded to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital at Ridge, where treatment was again reportedly refused on similar grounds, before making a final stop at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
The suit alleges that medical personnel there also declined to provide immediate care, even as ambulance staff pleaded for the patient to be treated on the stretcher. Charles Amissah suffered cardiac arrest at approximately 12:50 a.m. and was pronounced dead at Korle-Bu.
Dr. Amissah argues that her brother remained alive for more than two hours as he was shuttled between hospitals and could have survived with timely emergency intervention.
Post-mortem findings cited in the suit indicate he died from exsanguination following deep lacerations, severe blood loss, and trauma-related complications.
The lawsuit follows a government-appointed committee chaired by Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa, which concluded that failures by medical personnel at all three hospitals contributed to the engineer’s death and that emergency interventions could have saved his life.
The committee recommended disciplinary action against several of the healthcare professionals named in the suit.
Additional Trauma from Remains Handling
Dr. Amissah also alleges that the improper handling of her brother’s remains caused additional trauma to the family, as decomposition rendered the body unfit to be laid in state.
“The family was denied the right to grieve properly,” sources close to the family indicated.
The defendants have been given eight days after service of the writ to enter an appearance.