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Nana Dadzie Ghansah, a cardiac anaesthesiologist, has stated that 29-year-old Charles Amissah, who was allegedly turned away by three hospitals in Accra, could have been saved if he had received timely medical attention.
Speaking in an interview with Bernard Avle on Channel One TV’s The Point of View on Monday, February 23, 2026, Mr Ghansah described the refusal of admission as “indefensible”.
“To be honest, it’s indefensible. It is really indefensible. You can make as many excuses as you want about lack of beds, lack of equipment, lack of morale, and apathy, but that’s a human life. A 29-year-old, and what, an hour and a half? That guy could have been saved,” he said.
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He suggested that the injuries Mr Amissah sustained may have been treatable, citing conditions such as tension pneumothorax, which can be managed with relatively simple emergency procedures.
“It could have been something as simple as a tension pneumothorax that killed him, and all he needed, maybe, was a needle into his chest to release the air. It was salvageable. One and a half hours – something could have been done for him, and even if something was done and he didn’t make it, you can argue that they tried, but it’s really indefensible,” he added.
Despite his criticism of the hospitals, Mr Ghansah commended the ambulance team for their swift response and professionalism.
“I was shocked when I read that there was an ambulance close to the Circle and they responded in time. I was blown away, and they acquitted themselves really well, and the guy had polytrauma. There was very little they could have done for him,” he said.
He noted that Mr Amissah could have died from multiple possible causes, including internal bleeding or severe chest injuries, underscoring the need for urgent and comprehensive hospital care in trauma cases.
“He could have died from several things: a bleed in his head, torn vessels in his chest, or a hole in his lung that causes what we call a tension in the thorax. He could have ruptured his spleen,” he said.
Mr Amissah, an engineer with Promasidor Ghana Limited, makers of Cowbell milk and other food products, was involved in a hit-and-run accident at the Circle Overpass in Accra on February 6, 2026. He was reportedly stabilised by emergency medical technicians from the National Ambulance Service after the incident.
He was, however, allegedly refused admission by three major hospitals in Accra – Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, and Police Hospital – for nearly three hours due to the unavailability of bed space. He later died.
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