Ama Daaku tackles doctors over anonymity demands in Charles Amissah report

Ellen Ama Daaku, a member of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Communication Team and aide to Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called out doctors and nurses who are unhappy about the disclosure of the identities of health workers in the Prof Agyeman Badu Akosa Committee report on Charles Amissah’s case.

Reacting to the development, she stated that no profession should be exempted from public accountability when negligence leads to loss of life.

Speaking on the GTV Breakfast Show and monitored by GhanaWeb on Friday, May 8, 2026, Daaku slammed complaints from some medical practitioners.

“These doctors and nurses who were attending to him should have said to us what sort of system was so bad that they could not even listen to the ambulance personnel who said the gentleman was already on the stretcher. He was bleeding out. I do not agree with the doctors,” she stated.

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Daaku expressed disbelief that Charles Amissah was allegedly left without emergency care for nearly one hour despite being taken to three different hospitals.

“Everybody listening to us are all in professions. When something goes wrong in your profession, every one of us here is on it. Somebody has lost their life, and from what the National Ambulance Service is telling us, and from what the investigations are telling us, one hour, 60 minutes. Thelma, what is this?” she fumed.

“Even in war situations, when people are under fire, don’t you have medical personnel there who at least give them emergency care to make sure they don’t bleed out? So, what happened for all three hospitals to deny the gentleman of the urgent care he needed?” she asked.

Regarding the controversy over the naming of health workers, Daaku argued that accountability should apply equally to everyone.

“When politicians do things that we don't like, don’t we name them? When policemen, soldiers, and teachers misbehave, don’t we name them? So why don't they want to be named? We love the doctors, but we are not going to cover anybody up. Just because you are a doctor, we shouldn't name them? No, we have to,” she declared

She added that the committee allowed the affected doctors to defend themselves, noting that one doctor was even found to have lied to the committee.

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Background

The comments follow the release of the Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa Committee Report on May 6, 2026. The committee was set up by the Minister of Health to investigate the death of 29-year-old engineer Charles Amissah, who was involved in a hit-and-run accident near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Overpass on February 6, 2026.

According to the report, Amissah suffered a severe injury to his right arm but remained alive when the ambulance arrived.

He was reportedly taken to three major facilities — Police Hospital, Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge), and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital — yet received no timely emergency intervention such as bleeding control, IV fluids, or blood transfusion, despite being in a life-threatening condition.

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The committee concluded that Amissah died from excessive blood loss (exsanguination) due to medical neglect, describing it as a “slow death” that could have been prevented with proper care. It recommended disciplinary action against several doctors and nurses from the three hospitals.

The findings have sparked intense debate, with the Ghana Medical Association cautioning against scapegoating health workers amid systemic challenges like bed shortages, while many Ghanaians demand full accountability.

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