The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has formally appealed to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to compel the leadership of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Police Hospital and the Greater Accra Regional Hospital to appear before the Parliamentary Health Committee over the alleged refusal of emergency medical attention to a hit and run victim, Charles Amissah, on 6 February 2026, an episode said to have culminated in his demise.
Rising on the floor of the House, the Effutu legislator contended that the gravity of the allegations demands rigorous parliamentary scrutiny and cannot be permitted to fade without accountability. In his view, any person whose actions or omissions contributed to the tragic outcome must face sanctions sufficient to deter comparable occurrences in the future.
He maintained that the Health Committee must undertake a meticulous probe into the factual matrix surrounding the incident in order to ascertain whether professional negligence, administrative lapse or systemic breakdown transpired. Should culpability be established, he insisted, the consequences must be unequivocal.
Addressing the Speaker directly, Afenyo-Markin urged that the Chief Executive Officers and heads of emergency departments of the three facilities be summoned to furnish documentary evidence, including duty rosters and bed occupancy logs for the night in question. Such records, he argued, would illuminate whether the applicable clinical and administrative standards were adhered to.
Central to his submission was reference to the Ghana Health Service 2018 directive governing emergency care, which mandates the prompt treatment of patients in critical condition irrespective of financial considerations. He pressed for a definitive determination as to whether that directive was contravened. If professional misconduct is confirmed, disciplinary penalties must ensue; if criminal negligence is substantiated, prosecutorial action must follow, he asserted.
Beyond the hospital inquiry, the Minority Leader called upon the Ghana Police Service to escalate investigative operations aimed at identifying and apprehending the motorist responsible for the hit and run collision. He implored law enforcement authorities to deploy all available forensic resources, intelligence tools and investigative expertise to ensure that the suspect is traced and brought before the courts.
The appeal underscores intensifying parliamentary concern regarding emergency healthcare delivery standards and the broader obligation of public institutions to safeguard human life. For the Minority, the death of Charles Amissah represents not merely an isolated tragedy but a potential test of institutional accountability, one that demands transparent inquiry and resolute enforcement of established medical and legal obligations.
