Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa, Chairman of the committee that probed the death of engineer Charles Henry Amissah, has disclosed that the mobile phone and identity card of the deceased were stolen at the accident scene.
This, he says, made it difficult for authorities to identify him. Prof. Akosa notes those who visited the scene earlier probably made away with Amissah’s money after the mobile phone and ID card, making it difficult for the 29-year-old engineer to be identified.
“What was sad was that the first people who got there, they took the gentleman’s phone and his ID card. So, a gentleman who had left Promasidor as Charles Amissah became an unknown person. Probably, they even took his money, we don’t know,” he said on Channel One TV on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
Following media reports that Charles Amissah was denied emergency care at some health facilities in the capital where he was taken to, including the Police Hospital, the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge) and the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, a committee was set up to probe the circumstances leading to his death.
Prof. Akosa further revealed that the accident scene also lacked cameras and adequate lighting. He also said personnel from the National Ambulance Service arrived at the accident scene within five minutes.
In the report submitted by the committee, it concluded that a breakdown in emergency medical care, rather than the accident itself, led to the engineer’s death.
It further found that delays and referrals across multiple health facilities contributed to the outcome, leading to disciplinary action against some health workers.
Meanwhile, a sister of the late Amissah, who is a medical doctor, has sued the implicated health facilities and some health workers, as well as the Government.
