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Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has called on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to direct the Health Committee to summon the management of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Police Hospital, and the Greater Accra Regional Hospital over the alleged denial of emergency medical care to a hit-and-run victim, Charles Amissah.
The incident, which reportedly occurred on February 6, 2026, is said to have resulted in the victim’s death.
Addressing Parliament, the Effutu Member of Parliament insisted that the matter must not be swept under the carpet, stressing that any individual found culpable should face sanctions to serve as a deterrent.
According to him, the Health Committee must conduct a comprehensive probe into the circumstances surrounding the incident to establish whether there was any breach of duty or professional negligence.
“Mr Speaker, with your directive, summon the Chief Executive Officers and the heads of the emergency units of the three hospitals involved. They must produce duty rosters and bed occupancy records for that night,” he urged.
He further called for a determination on whether the 2018 Ghana Health Service directive on emergency care was violated.
“They should conclusively establish whether the directive was breached and determine whether professional misconduct or negligence occurred. If misconduct is established, sanctions must follow; if negligence is proven, prosecution must follow,” he stated.
Mr Afenyo-Markin also appealed to the Ghana Police Service to intensify efforts to track down the driver responsible for the hit-and-run incident.
“I call upon the Ghana Police Service to deploy every available resource, investigative technique and intelligence capability to identify and apprehend the suspect,” he added.
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