By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
Former Member of Parliament for Okaikwei North, Alhaji Fuseini Issah, is advocating urgent reforms in Ghana’s healthcare and emergency response systems.
The Former Okaikwei North lawmaker’s call follows the death of one Charles Amissah, a 29-year-old Ghanaian engineer.
He died on February 6, 2026, following a hit-and-run accident at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Overpass in Accra, after he was reportedly denied admission at multiple health facilities before succumbing to his injuries.
Speaking on an Accra-based Channel One TV’s current affairs show, the Breakfast Daily, and mounted by this reporter on Thursday, May 7, 2026, Alhaji Issah explained that the circumstances surrounding Mr. Amissah’s death should serve as a wake-up call for authorities to strengthen systems that protect the lives of Ghanaians.
“You just don’t know when this thing is going to happen to you. Whether you’re a minister, whoever you are. This thing could happen to you in the most unforeseen places that nobody is going to recognise you,” the Former Okaikwei North MP noted.
According to him, public officials mandated to handle the healthcare sector have a responsibility to ensure that institutions function effectively to provide care for citizens in times of emergency.
He stressed that although the incident was tragic, it should become an opportunity for authorities to reform the country’s emergency healthcare system to prevent similar occurrences in the future.
“We, the people who run the system, we owe it to Ghanaians to ensure that we have a system that will take good care of Ghanaians. That we have pledged, that we have sworn to. I think that, as sad as this event is, it should be an opportunity for us to revive our system to forestall the occurrence of such events going forward,” he added.
