The management of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has announced the interdiction of two medical doctors and two nurses following their alleged refusal to provide emergency care to a 29-year-old engineer who later died at the facility.
Amissah was involved in a hit-and-run accident at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Overpass in Accra on February 6, 2026, sustaining severe shoulder injuries. Emergency Medical Services personnel stabilised him at the scene and prepared him for transfer to a hospital for further treatment.
However, reports indicate that he was turned away from the Police Hospital and Ridge Hospital due to unavailable beds. When the ambulance carried him to Korle Bu, he was again denied admission because of lack of beds.
Despite warnings from the ambulance team that further movement could be dangerous, the transfer was pursued, and he later went into cardiac arrest while still at Korle Bu’s Emergency area. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was administered but proved unsuccessful, and he was later certified dead.
In its statement, Korle Bu management said a committee has been constituted to conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident and Amissah’s unfortunate death, in accordance with “established administrative procedures.”
The Board and Management have called on all persons connected to the matter to cooperate fully with the committee to ensure a “fair and transparent inquiry.”
The statement added that further information will be communicated upon completion of the investigation.
